Gene Pitney

Gene Francis Alan Pitney (17 February 1940 – 5 April 2006) was an American rock singer and songwriter. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Some of his most well-known songs are "Town Without Pity", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa". He died of a heart attack in Cardiff in 2006 while on tour in the UK.

Category:American rock singers
Category:American singer-songwriters
Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:Writers from Hartford, Connecticut
Category:Singers from Connecticut
Category:1940 births
Category:2006 deaths