This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Connie Francis, the angelic-voiced singer who was one of the biggest recording stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died. She was 87. Her friend and publicist, Ron Roberts, announced the singer's death Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

The artist, who rose to pop music prominence in the late 1950s and early '60s, recently became a viral sensation on TikTok.