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    Vic Damone, Golden Age Crooner, Dead At 89

    The Brooklyn-born singer studied the work of Frank Sinatra, eventually becoming close friends with the singer whose success he emulated.
    by Andrew Flanagan Feb 12, 2018 1 minute
    Vic Damone performs at Garden State Arts Center on August 29, 1979 in Holmdel, New Jersey.

    Vic Damone, a singer who rose to fame along the tail end of the post-war era embodied by The Rat Pack, died yesterday at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla.,

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