Grammy -winning singer Jack Jones, the voice behind the theme song of the hit TV show The Love Boat , has died at the age of 86.
Jones died Oct. 23 at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California. According to The Associated Press , the singer had been battling leukemia for more than two years.
Hailing from a show business family, Jones got his start as a singer in the 1950s and secured his first recording contract in 1959, going on to release his first album that year. He quickly became a name in the industry, earning Grammy Award wins for his 1961 single “Lollipops and Roses” and 1963’s “Wives and Lovers.” More than three decades later, he earned another Grammy nomination for his 1998 album Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to Tony Bennett . He received a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989…