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‘Hooked on a Feeling’ singer BJ Thomas dies at 78 – The Sydney Morning Herald
His signature recording was ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’, an Oscar winner for best original song 1969 Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
BJ Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head and Hooked on a Feeling, has died. He was 78.
Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease on Saturday (Sunday AEST) at his home in Arlington, Texas, his publicist Jeremy Westby said in a statement.
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