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Steve Lawrence, Steve and Eydie Singer & 'Blues Brothers' Actor, Dead at 88

The GRAMMY-winning singer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles.

- Paul W. Bailey/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesLawrence is best remembered for his 1962 cover of "Go Away Little Girl," as well as "Pretty Blue Eyes," "Footsteps" and "Party Doll," although the majority of his success as a musician came as a club and lounge singer, often with Gormé. Lawrence was also the winner of two Emmy Awards, as well as a GRAMMY, alongside his wife, for Best Performance By a Vocal Duo or Group for "We Got Us" in 1961 -- the first year the category was presented. In the wake of his death, several friends and family members shared tributes to Lawrence including music icon Dionne Warwick, who remembered the crooner in statement to ET.

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