Overview

• Connie Francis died July 16 at age 87 in a Pompano Beach hospital, her publicist Ron Roberts announced on Facebook July 17.
• No cause of death has been disclosed following the announcement.
• Francis had been hospitalized since early July for "extreme pain" and was undergoing tests at the time of her death.
• She was one of the first female artists to top the Billboard Hot 100, scoring more than a dozen top-20 hits between 1957 and 1964 and recording in multiple languages.
• Her 1962 track "Pretty Little Baby" went viral on TikTok in early 2025, introducing her music to a new, younger audience.