Cowsills Lead Singer Dies At 58

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

CALGARY, Alberta - William Cowsill, lead singer of the 1960s singing family band The Cowsills, which inspired the TV series "The Partridge Family," has died. He was 58.

Cowsill, who was suffering from emphysema, osteoporosis, and other ailments, died in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, according to the family and Canadian record producer Neil MacGonigill. He had been in deteriorating health.

The Cowsills, inspiration for the "The Partridge Family," recorded a series of top hits between 1967 and 1970, including "The Rain, The Park and Other Things" and "Hair."

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[Redneck4sure]

I hate to see the Jurassic artists expire. :(

He wasn't much older than me.

Fortunately for me, rednecks don't die, they just reload. :)

I liked the Cowsills okay back in the day but never bought an album. I was so poor that I didn't buy many albums. Some things never change. :wha':

r.i.p.

[Kooperman]

I liked the Cowsills okay back in the day but never bought an album.

r.i.p.

I actually did buy their first album, and it was surprisingly listenable. I recently came across a couple dozen of their songs and was once again surprised at how good they were after not hearing them for 35+ years. Too bad that 2 of the family members died in recent months....r.i.p.

[Redneck4sure]

I actually have had "The Cowsills - The Best Of The Cowsills-The Millennium Collection" in queue for a while to be sent to me by a cd club thingie. It only has 12 tracks but some I don't have. I only have a few of their tracks on a hard drive.

[method77]

His brother Barry, also a member of the band, disappeared after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in late August. His body was recovered Dec. 28 from the Chartres Street Wharf (post by Dude)

http://www.cowsill.com/

[Jim Colyer]

"Hair" was a great record.