This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

publication date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 (part of Fall 2022)

category: Music

clue: This soprano lead singer of an eponymous boy band split with the band after a huge hit. His solo career tanked and was followed by a heroin overdose a decade later.

explanation: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers sang the smash hit "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" in 1956. Lymon left the group in a year and was found dead of a heroin overdose in his grandmother's bathroom in 1968. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Scott Hardie


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