"Privacy is requested," the band wrote on social media, confirming that Willis had died on Tuesday, June 30 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People and co-wrote some of the disco group’s biggest hits, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man,” has died at age 74. The group announced his ...

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Victor Willis, the lead singer of '70s disco group Village People, died on June 30, 2026, just one day before his 75th birthday. The 74-year-old, best known for hits including "Y.M.C.A," "Go West," ...

Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of Village People and co-writer of “YMCA,” “Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” died on Tuesday. He was 74. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor ...

Village People singer Victor Willis died of primary liver cancer with metastasis, his wife said Tuesday. “Primary liver cancer runs in Victor’s family as his mother also died of primary liver cancer, ...

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Victor Willis built a legacy that outlasted disco, outlasted drama, and outlasted every attempt to define him by anything other than the music. The founding lead singer of Village People and the man ...

Victor Willis, a founding member of the iconic disco group Village People, is dead at 74. His wife, Karen Huff-Willis, announced his death via his Facebook page, saying he died of “a short, but ...

Victor Willis, frontman of the legendary disco group Village People and co-writer of classic hits like "Y.M.C.A." and "Macho Man," has died at the age of 74. News of the artist's passing was first ...

Victor Willis, 74, the lead singer of the 1970’s disco-group Village People, has died, his team said Wednesday. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death of VICTOR WILLIS, lead singer of Village ...

"Privacy is requested," the band wrote on social media, confirming that Willis had died on Tuesday, June 30 Victor Willis, lead singer and founding member of the ...