Ric de Azevedo, a King Household singer who later labored on the manufacturing groups of early Eighties collection Personal Benjamin and Enos however may finest be remembered for a stunning, tearful second throughout a Vietnam period Christmas particular, died March 14 in Fruit Heights, Utah, of an undisclosed sickness. He was 75.
His loss of life was introduced on the King Household’s Fb web page.
“Ric was a vibrant a part of our household exhibits,” The King Cousins stated within the assertion, “and audiences at all times delighted in his performances and cherished the various memorable moments he was part of — from singing and dancing in our High Twenty segments, by means of his stunning solos and naturally the magical second he shocked his mother Alyce throughout our very first Christmas particular.”
A member of the King Household vocal group, recognized for his or her easy-listening recordings and frequent TV specials in the course of the Sixties and early Seventies, de Azevedo later went on to a behind-the-scenes profession as a postproduction government at Common Studios and Warner Bros. Tv.
He was serving within the U.S. Military as a singer within the U.S. Military Area Band when, unbeknownst to his mom Alyce, the household organized for a short go away of absence so he might seem, in uniform, on 1967’s Christmas With the King Household. The go to lowered his mom, who was an unique member of the group’s precursor King Sisters trio, to tears as she tried to proceed with an emotional rendition of “I’ll Be House for Christmas.” The clip grew to become a well-known vacation TV custom, most lately as a part of getTV’s Christmas programming.
Watch the go to, and de Azevedo’s remembrance of it, beneath (starting on the 5:10 mark).
The King Household vocal group, which included practically 40 members at one level together with My Three Sons solid member Tina Cole, was a ubiquitous presence on Sixties tv, showing on selection exhibits and starring in specials and their very own 1965 weekly collection. De Azevedo additionally carried out with the youth-oriented spin-off group, The King Cousins, and, later, as a member of the vocal group Reunion.
Along with Cole, survivors embody spouse Anna, two brothers, two kids, and quite a few prolonged relations.
Learn the King Cousin assertion, and see the 1967 Christmas shock, beneath.
It’s with nice unhappiness that we share the information that we misplaced our expensive cousin and brother Ric de Azevedo who, surrounded by members of his household, handed away on Tuesday night time after a prolonged sickness. Though we knew this was coming, it’s at all times too quickly and we will’t consider he’s gone. Our hearts are breaking.
Lots of you got here to know and love Ric and respect his unbelievable expertise by means of our household’s TV collection, specials, data and live shows through the years. Ric was a vibrant a part of our household exhibits and audiences at all times delighted in his performances and cherished the various memorable moments he was part of — from singing and dancing in our High Twenty segments, by means of his stunning solos and naturally the magical second he shocked his mother Alyce throughout our very first Christmas particular. We’re so grateful that these and so many different fantastic examples of his instances on stage and display screen stay on and proceed to enthrall generations throughout the a long time.
Ric’s many and diverse accomplishments as an entertainer pale compared to the unbelievable husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, cousin, cherished good friend and honorable man he was off stage.
Whereas all of us mourn the lack of a cornerstone of our household, we’re grateful for the unbelievable and enduring legacy he leaves us all, and grateful for the love and appreciation that every of you in our prolonged group of followers and associates have proven Ric and our whole household by means of the years.
