Singer Gene Pitney died of natural causes: police
Posted on: Thursday, 6 April 2006, 09:46 CDT
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.
Source: REUTERS
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