Singer Gene Pitney died of natural causes: police

LONDON (Reuters) – An autopsy on American singer Gene
Pitney, who was found dead in a hotel room in the Welsh capital
Cardiff on Wednesday morning, showed he died of natural causes,
police said on Thursday.

Pitney, 65, who shot to fame in the 1960s with hits
including “24 Hours from Tulsa,” died after having given a
concert the previous night that had won him a standing ovation.

“The post mortem results show Gene Pitney died of natural
causes and there will not be a police investigation,” a
spokesman for South Wales police said.

He added the body of the singer had been released to
relatives and will be flown to the United States.

Pitney, who had a string of hit records as well as writing
songs recorded by other stars, toured regularly throughout his
long career and was in the middle of a 23-show tour of Britain
when he died.