1 hour ago Victor Willis, the frontman of 1970s disco radical Village People, has died astatine the property of 74, the band's authoritative societal media leafage has announced.
The Texas-born instrumentalist was the pb vocalist and co-writer of the band's biggest hits including YMCA, Go West and In The Navy.
The radical became planetary stars successful the 70s by performing portion dressed arsenic archetypal macho characters. Willis was alternately a policeman and a naval officer.
He near the set successful 1980 and spent years warring a ineligible conflict implicit copyright to the songs he'd written. But helium rejoined successful 2017 and performed YMCA astatine President Trump's pre-inauguration rally successful January 2025.
His decease was announced connected the band's authoritative Facebook page.
"We are profoundly bittersweet to denote the decease of Victor Willis, pb vocalist of Village People," said the little statement.
"Victor passed connected Monday June 30, 2026 of a abbreviated but assertive illness. Privacy is requested."
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