Victor Willis, the lead singer of Village People and the voice behind Y.M.C.A., died on Tuesday, June 30, in the United States after what his family described as 'a short but aggressive illness.' He was 74, just one day short of his 75th birthday.
For context, Willis was more than a disco frontman. He helped turn Village People into a global pop fixture, co-writing the group's biggest songs and fronting the act through the late 1970s and beyond.
