Village People frontman Victor Willis dies at 74 – ABC News
ABC NewsLiveVideoShows Good Morning AmericaShopGMA Interest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOnStream onCulture Victor Willis, the lead singer of the Village People, the group whose onstage costumes and catchy songs including "YMCA," "In the Navy" and "Macho Man," made them a household name far beyond the disco era, died on Tuesday, the band said in a social media post this week. He was 74. Willis died after a "short, but aggressive" illness, his wife wrote in a separate statement posted on his official Facebook page on Wednesday. "The family request privacy at this time of great loss," the statement added. Willis was born in Texas in 1951 and grew up singing gospel music in the church where his father was a Baptist minister.
Published: July 1, 2026 4:37 pm
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