Johnny Maestro, the golden-voiced singer behind The Crests' "Sixteen Candles" and The Brooklyn Bridge's "Worst That Could Happen," died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 70.

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NEW YORK — Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit “16 Candles” with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70. Les Cauchi, ...

Johnny Maestro has died at the age of 70. The doo-wop singer was best known for the hit song '16 Candles'. What to Read Next He sang the melody with The Crests and was also a member of The Brooklyn ...

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Johnny Maestro, lead singer on the Crests’ doo-wop evergreen “16 Candles” and co-founder of the ’60s vocal act the Brooklyn Bridge, died Wednesday in Florida of cancer. He was 70. Born John ...