Death of Patti Page

November 8, 1927 - January 1, 2013
Encinitas, California | Age 85

'Tennessee Waltz' singer dies at 85
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CHRIS TALBOTT, The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Unforgettable songs like "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window?" made Patti Page the best-selling female singer of the 1950s and a star who would spend much of the rest of her life traveling the world.

When unspecified health problems finally stopped her decades of touring, though, Page wrote a sad-but-resolute letter to her fans late last year about the change.

"Although I feel I...

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