| Cause of Death | Heart failure |
| Location | Florida |
| Visitors | 424 |
| Creator | Memorial Gardens |
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Remembering
Carl Gardner- The Coasters
Age 83 yrs
Brilliant American singer
April 29, 1928 – June 12, 2011)
Carl Gardner, 83, original lead singer of the R&B group the Coasters, died Sunday at a hospice in Port St. Lucie, Fla., after a long bout with congestive heart failure and vascular dementia.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Coasters had a string of hits in the late 1950s, including -Poison Ivy, and -Young Blood. Their single (Yakety Yak) reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after its 1958 release. It also spent seven weeks as the No. 1 rhythm-and-blues song.
"He loved his singing, said Veta Gardner, his wife of 24 years. That was his whole life.
The Coasters have continued to perform over the decades, with multiple changes to the lineup. Mr. Gardner had always held the rights to the group's name, and his son, Carl Gardner Jr, took over as lead singer
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He founded the doo-wop group.
RIP Carl.
Love to his family from Memorial Gardens .
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There have been 12 candles lit for Carl
