{"id":2235,"date":"2025-08-28T06:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T06:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2235"},"modified":"2025-08-28T06:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T06:39:40","slug":"its-with-our-deepest-regret-to-report-about-sudden-death-of-the-most-beloved-singer-of-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2235","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s With Our Deepest Regret to Report About Sudden Death Of The Most Beloved Singer of the 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftia5-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/454903949_366250289856491_8151858076624761979_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=s6vqHf-td_YQ7kNvgFQ89L_&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.ftia5-1.fna&amp;oh=00_AYCM_Pesb1_XaVX0ObQjNLhdWotH2gppjGHit1oCLpeD_w&amp;oe=66C19CB5\" alt=\"May be an image of text\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maurice Williams, the lead singer of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, has passed away at the age of 86. He was best known for his hit song \u201cStay,\u201d which became famous through its inclusion in the 1987 movie \u201cDirty Dancing.\u201d The cause of his death has not been disclosed. Williams, originally from Lancaster, South Carolina, formed his first band in his teens and later found success with \u201cStay,\u201d which became the shortest No. 1 song on the Billboard singles chart in 1960. He is survived by his wife, Emily, and left behind a legacy in the world of rhythm and blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tearsoffaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-27-806x1024.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurice Williams, the lead singer of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, has passed away at the age of 86. He was best known for his hit song \u201cStay,\u201d which became famous through its inclusion in the 1987 movie \u201cDirty Dancing.\u201d The cause of his death has not been disclosed. Williams, originally from Lancaster, South Carolina,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}