Bobby Vee has died, and a part of our childhood went with him. Born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota in 1943, Bobby rode the waves of post Doo Wop 60s to the top of the charts with great songs like “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Run to Him” and “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.”
Although Bobby had an envious life, he never took his fame and fortune for granted, or becoming bitter about being knocked off the charts when the Beatles arrived in 1964. Rather, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a few years ago, he started the ‘Blue Moon Blue’ project, with proceeds from the song “Blue Moon Blue” going to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.
Bobby Vee died Monday morning at the age of 73 from what doctors are calling complications due to Alzheimer’s. Bobby had been a guest at the Wellstead of Rogers and Diamondcrest facility, a memory care facility in the Rogers, Minnesota.
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