Get the latest gossip
Legendary singer, 89, opens up about heartbreaking health decline in first sighting since announcing his retirement
Johnny Mathis opened up to DailyMail.com about his upcoming 90th birthday and how he feels about his recent retirement as he deals with an 'accelerated' decline in his health and ongoing memory issues.
Chances Are legendary singer Johnny Mathis won't be performing past May after the heartbreaking news last week that his seven decades of touring would be coming to an end because of his declining health. When he realized Mathis' talents at a young age and encouraged him to pursue music by buying him a piano and linking him with voice teacher Connie Cox in exchange for work around her house in the late 1940s. After six years under Cox's tutelage, Mathis would go on to have a successful career as a romantic singer but also dabbled in other genres such as pop, Latin American, soul, R&B, Tin Pan Alley, soft rock, country, blues, show tunes and even disco in the 1970s.
Or read this on Daily Mail