{"id":1641,"date":"2012-09-26T09:07:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T14:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2014-12-27T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T15:07:01","slug":"r-i-p-andy-williams-watch-his-classic-performance-of-the-village-of-st-bernadette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/2012\/09\/r-i-p-andy-williams-watch-his-classic-performance-of-the-village-of-st-bernadette\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Andy Williams: Watch His Classic Performance of &#8220;The Village of St. Bernadette&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Singer Andy Williams has passed away at age 84 after a year-long battle with bladder cancer. The crooner is best known for his hit, \u201cMoon River,\u201d as well as his TV show which introduced the Osmond family to America. One of his other beloved hits is \u201cThe Village of St. Bernadette\u201d which I\u2019m embedding below. 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