George Beverley Shea - dead at 104.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/ar...anted=all&_r=0

Mr. Shea was believed to have sung live before more than 200 million people throughout the United States and around the globe.

George Beverly Shea, known as Bev, was born on Feb. 1, 1909, in Winchester, Ontario. His father, the Rev. Adam J. Shea, was a Wesleyan Methodist minister; his mother, the former Maude Whitney, was the organist in her husband’s church.

Growing up, Bev dreamed the dream of every red-blooded Canadian boy — to be a Mountie — but he also studied piano, organ and violin. One of eight children, he did his first formal singing in his father’s church choir and his first informal singing long before, around the family table.

RIP.

I was trying to think of any other artists that have sang in front of 200 million total people. To get to 200 million, one would have to perform in front of 20,000 people every day for more than 27 years.

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Also, the Oldest ever Grammy recipient when he won an award in 2011, at 102 years old.

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The man had a great set of pipes, RIP