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Victor Willis, Village People Frontman & ‘YMCA’ Cowriter, Dead at 74
Founding singer of costumed disco band and cowriter of such classics as "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," died after a "short but aggressive illness."
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Founding singer of costumed disco band and cowriter of such classics as "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," died after a "short but aggressive illness."
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According to Billboard, Victor Willis, Village People Frontman & ‘YMCA’ Cowriter, Dead at 74 reports that Founding singer of costumed disco band and cowriter of such classics as “Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” died after a “short but aggressive illness.”
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