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Andy Williams

<p><b>Howard Andrew Williams</b> (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> and three platinum certified.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-IMDb_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-IMDb-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> He was also nominated for six <a href="/en/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards" class="wl">Grammy Awards</a>. He hosted <i><a href="/en/The_Andy_Williams_Show" title="The Andy Williams Show" class="wl">The Andy Williams Show</a></i>, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. <i>The Andy Williams Show</i> won three <a href="/en/Emmy_Award" title="Emmy Award" class="mw-redirect wl">Emmy Awards</a>. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-theguardian_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">American singer (1927–2012)</div>
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.infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Andy Williams, Background information, Birth ...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard plainlist mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Andy Williams</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Andy_Williams_1967_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Williams in 1966" data-hash="File:Andy_Williams_1967_cropped.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Williams in 1966" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Andy_Williams_1967_cropped.jpg/220px-Andy_Williams_1967_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="495" data-file-type="bitmap" 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style="display:none">(2012-09-25)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>84)</span><br><a href="/en/Branson,_Missouri" title="Branson, Missouri" class="wl">Branson, Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Traditional_pop_music" title="Traditional pop music" class="mw-redirect wl">Traditional pop</a>, <a href="/en/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening" class="wl">easy listening</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer, actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1938–2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output 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<div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/en/Claudine_Longet" title="Claudine Longet" class="wl">Claudine Longet</a></div>
   <div style="line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px;"><span>​</span></div><span> </span><div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"><span>​</span></div><span>(</span><abbr about="#mwt20" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>married</span>&quot;}]]}">m.</abbr><span>&nbsp;</span>1961<span>;</span><span> </span><abbr about="#mwt21" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>divorced</span>&quot;}]]}">div.</abbr><span>&nbsp;</span>1975<span>)</span><wbr><span>​</span></div>
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<div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Debbie Haas</div><span> </span><div style="display:inline-block;"><span>​</span></div><span>(</span><abbr about="#mwt22" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>married</span>&quot;}]]}">m.</abbr><span>&nbsp;</span>1991<span>⁠</span><span>–</span><span>⁠</span>2012<span>)</span><wbr><span>​</span></div> 

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://andywilliams.com" class="external text" target="_blank">andywilliams<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt7">Musical artist</div>

<p>Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in September 2012 from bladder cancer, at the age of 84.</p>



Howard Andrew Williams was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in September 2012 from bladder cancer, at the age of 84. 