Former Canadian teen idol Bobby Curtola dies

By The Canadian Press

Posted June 5, 2016 2:56 pm.

Last Updated June 5, 2016 3:03 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Former Canadian teen idol Bobby Curtola has died. He was 73.

His death was announced in a statement from his children, who called Curtola “an amazing man who did so much for the people in this world.”

A teen idol in Canada during the early ’60s, Curtola also made his mark internationally in 1962 with the hits “Fortune Teller” and “Aladdin.”

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