Rock n' Roll singer Bobby Rydell dies at 79

FILE - Singer Bobby Rydell, a pompadoured heartthrob of early rock ‘n roll who was a star of radio, television and the movie musical 'Bye Bye Birdie', died Tuesday, April 5, 2022. He was 79. Photo: AP

Rock n' Roll singer and actor Bobby Rydell, a teen idol in the 1950s and 1960s who starred in the hit movie musical Bye Bye Birdie and recorded dozens of hits, has died in Pennsylvania, his website said. He was 79.

Rydell died on Tuesday (April 5) of non-Covid-19 related pneumonia complications in a hospital in Abington, a statement on his website said.