Gene Pitney who was on a tour of the UK has been found dead in his hotel room in Cardiff. There is a link below to the BBC story.

Very sad. I first became aware of him properly in my late teens when he dueted with Marc Almond (one of my hero's) and had a massive hit over here with 'Somethings gotten Hold of my Heart'
Tony
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4878926.stm