Photos: Patti Page, Tennessee Waltz singer, dies at 85
January 2, 2013
This 1958 file photo shows singer Patti Page. Page, who made "Tennessee Waltz" the third best-selling recording ever, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2012 in Encinitas, Calif. She was 85. (AP Photo, File)
Singer Patti Page poses in her swimming suit poolside at a hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., in Aug. 1950. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page is shown wearing a weekend ensemble by Wilroy of New York in Miami, Fla., on March 24, 1951. Page wears a short, rounded jacket over a long skirt with a high-riding belt that is part of a four-piece ensemble. (AP Photo)
This 1958 file photo shows singer Patti Page. Page, who made "Tennessee Waltz" the third best-selling recording ever. (AP Photo, file)
Patti Page, the TV singing star, is deep in thought as she plays a game of Scrabble in her New York apartment, Sept. 25, 1956. Miss Page has many busy days ahead. She is scheduled to make appearances shortly on Ed Sullivan?s and Perry Como?s television shows. (AP Photo/John Bennewitz) No Sales
Patti Page, torch singer from Tulsa, shown in 1949, was bound with adhesive tape in her hotel room in Toronto on Nov. 2, 1949 by a man who entered her room on the ruse of delivering flowers. Frightened by the singer's screams the man ran from her room, but was captured by a police officer after a short chase. The man, who police said gave his name as William Daniel, of Toronto was charged with assaulting and causing bodily harm. (AP Photo)
Guest star Patti Page, right, is presented with a surprise birthday cake on the set of "Music of Your Life" as host and singer Toni Tennille congratulates the singer in this undated photo. (AP Photo)
This 1958 file photo shows singer Patti Page. Page, who made "Tennessee Waltz" the third best-selling recording ever, has died. She was 85. Page died Jan. 1, 2013, in Encinitas, Calif., according to her manager. (AP Photo, file)
Singer Patti Page is shown wearing part of a weekend ensemble by Wilroy of New York during her business trip in Miami, Fla., on March 24, 1951. Page wears a strapless camisole in mauve-pink linen paired with linen shorts in cornflower blue. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page cuddles a cocker spaniel to be given away during her appearance, April 27, 1953 in Chicago, Ill. Patti, who used the dog in her act at the Chicago Theater, for atmosphere during a song about a dog, announced that she would give away the Spaniel to the person suggesting the most original name. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
Singer Patti Page and dance director Charles O' Curran pose together, 1956. The pair plan to wed Dec. 28. (AP Photo) No Sales
Singer Patti Page, 29, and choreographer Charles O'Curran, 42, pose after their marriage at a friend's home in Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 28, 1956. (AP Photo)
Patti Page, 29, and dance director Charles O' Curran, 42, cut the firm piece of their wedding cake after being married, Dec. 29, 1956 in Las Vegas in the home of Wilbur Clark. It was the second marriage for Miss Page and the third for O' Curran who was most recently married to Betty Hutton. (AP Photo)
A braided chignon decorated with jeweled clips, gives the illusion of long hair to TV and recording star Patti Page, April 11, 1957. The hairdo was created for her by hair stylist Ernest Adler. (AP Photo)
Patti Page, blonde and vivacious television and recording star, came home to Oklahoma on June 21, 1957 and was joined immediately by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Fowler of Tulsa. Patti got her start on a Tulsa radio station singing as Clara Ann Fowler. She will star in the grandstand production "Latin Quarter Revue" as the Semi-Centennial Exposition here for three nights. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page, right, and her husband, choreographer Charles O'Curran, are shown at a press reception at the Savoy Hotel in London, England, July 10, 1957. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page is shown in 1958. (AP Photo)
Patti Page poses, Jan. 1958. (AP Photo)
Patti Page, wrapped in furs, sings a sentimental ballad on her television show, "The Big Record" Jan. 16, 1958. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page takes a last look at the Orient as she shoots some pictures while on a sightseeing tour of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Sept. 7, 1961. The vocalist will be back on several shows this fall and winter. She recently completed a highly successful singing tour in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Mitsunori Chigita)
Singers Patti Page, right, and Pat Boone sing a duet for the Thanksgiving television show in Los Angeles, Ca., on Oct. 18, 1962. (AP Photo)
Songstress Patti Page and her husband, Charles O'Curran, pose with their adopted daughter, Kathleen Patricia, as the young lady makes her camera debut at the family home in Beverly Hills, Calif., May 10, 1963. Kathleen, who is 6 months old, will accompany her mother and father, a motion picture director, on their trip to the Far East later this month. Miss Page is slated for a series of singing concerts overseas. The pooch is the family's pet Yorkshire terrier and is named Little One. (AP Photo) No Sales
Singer Patti Page is shown, Nov. 18, 1970. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page smiles during an interview, July 20, 1976 in San Francisco. She says after 30 years in show business she has just one goal left. "I'd really like to have just one more hit record so my kids and their friends would know who I am," says the 48-year old vocalist. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)
Singer Patti Page is shown, April 1977. (AP Photo)
Singer Patti Page, right, poses with Roger Miller, who presented her with the Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award, in May 1980. (AP Photo)
Country Music star Eddy Arnold is kissed by singer Patti Page after receiving the Academy of Country Music's Pioneer Award at the 19th annual award presentation at Knorr's Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., on May 15, 1984. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Singer Patti Page, left, poses with her husband Jerry Filiciotto in Solana Beach, Ca., May 12, 1990. Page is best known for her 1950 recording of "Tennessee Waltz." Filiciotto is an aerospace consultant and a former president of Rohr Industries. (AP Photo/Ron Wimmer)
Singer Patti Page poses with her husband of seven weeks, Jerry Filiciotto, at Rainbow and Stars club, July 4, 1990 in New York. Page opened on Tuesday in her cabaret performance at the club. (AP Photo/Aubrey Reuben)
Singer Patti Page poses with the first Heritage Artist Award presented to her by Polygram records at the Rainbow Room in New York City, July 11, 1990. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)
Singer Patti Page sings "Tennessee Waltz" during halftime at an NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Ohio, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Patti Page holds up her award for best traditional pop vocal performance during the 41st Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1999. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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