Baby Boomer Alert: Singing Legend Eydie Gorme Dies at 84! (VIDEO)
Singing legend Eydie Gorme, who scored big as both a solo act and as one half of the most successful Las Vegas duo of them all, has died after a brief illness. She was 84.
Gorme and her husband, Steve Lawrence, were a fifty year staple on the Vegas strip. Both had successful solo careers. They earned a Grammy Award for Best Duo Album in 1960 for "We Got Us." Each had a number one record on their own. Gorme's was "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" in 1963.
She retired from show business in 2009. Her husband continues to perform as a solo act.