Carl Gardner, Coasters Lead Singer, Dies At 83

Carl and I had a history. He had been a guest on my show twice. I remember the first time I interviewed him he got upset with me as the interview interrupted his watching baseball on t.v.

Carl Gardner, original lead singer of the R&B group the Coasters, has died in Florida. He was 83.

Gardner's wife Veta says her husband died Sunday at a Port St. Lucie hospice following a long bout with congestive heart failure and vascular dementia.

via Carl Gardner, Coasters Lead Singer, Dies At 83 | Billboard.biz.