associated_acts death_date death_place birth_place label background spouse birth_date genre article_title name occupation
bernadette greevy , john s. beckett , janine micheau 10 june 2000 new york city clonmel , county tipperary , ireland rca victor , valley entertainment , rego irish solo_singer eily o'grady 5 october 1938 operetta , church music , popular , '' irish drawing room '' frank patterson
 frank patterson singer
frank patterson

frank patterson -lrb- 5 october 1938 -- 10 june 2000 -rrb- was an internationally renowned irish tenor following in the tradition of singers such as count john mccormack and josef locke .
he was known as '' `` ireland 's golden tenor '' '' .
