By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt

Sad news to report… Popular crooner Julius La Rosa has died at the age of 86 this past Thursday, which was confirmed by his wife Rosemary. LaRosa reinvented himself as a television, stage and nightclub performer after his young career was thrown into turmoil by a bizarre and humiliating on-the-air firing by Arthur Godfrey before a national audience. I actually talked with LaRosa a few times over the years and he was very nice.  When I told him I felt that his cover of “How About Me” was his finest vocal he responded with, “Thanks Brad, Jerry Lewis said the same thing and I agree”.

NewzBreaker extends our condolences to the LaRosa family in their time of grief.