{"id":2071,"date":"2025-07-17T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:40:34","slug":"celebritylegendary-pop-icon-connie-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"CelebrityLegendary Pop Icon Connie Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Connie Francis Passes Away at 87<\/strong><br>Singer Connie Francis died at the age of 87. Her friend Ron Roberts announced her passing on Facebook, saying, \u201cIt is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that I inform you of the passing of my dear friend Connie Francis last night.\u201d He added, \u201cI know that Connie would approve that her fans are among the first to learn of this sad news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viral Comeback with \u201cPretty Little Baby\u201d<\/strong><br>Though Connie was famous for many years, her 1962 song \u201cPretty Little Baby\u201d recently went viral on TikTok, nearly 60 years after its release. The song gained massive attention as celebrities and influencers used it in their videos across social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grateful for New Fans and Support<\/strong><br>Connie expressed joy and gratitude for the renewed popularity of her song. She wrote on Facebook, \u201cHi Everyone \u2013 I\u2019m still astounded by the popularity of \u2018Pretty Little Baby.\u2019 My thanks to Kylie Jenner, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Kim Kardashian, North West Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Gracie Lawrence, Shaq O\u2019Neal &amp; Jimmy Fallon and others for their inclusions in the videos that contributed to the 17 billion-plus plays featuring the song!\u201d It was touching that she experienced this success again shortly before her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Health Struggles and Final Years<\/strong><br>Before her passing, Connie revealed that her health was declining. She had a hospital stay and was in intensive care, as confirmed by radio personality Cousin Brucie and her own Facebook posts. Earlier in her life, she had discussed being misdiagnosed with conditions like bipolar disorder and ADHD in a 2011 interview with The Village Voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connie Francis Passes Away at 87Singer Connie Francis died at the age of 87. Her friend Ron Roberts announced her passing on Facebook, saying, \u201cIt is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that I inform you of the passing of my dear friend Connie Francis last night.\u201d He added, \u201cI know that Connie would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2073,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions\/2073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}