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Bobby Vee performs in Dubuque, Iowa, in 2009. Singer says he was diagnosed with Alheimer's disease in 2011.
ST. PAUL, Minn. Former 1960s teen pop idol Bobby Vee says hes been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease.
The 69-year-old, born Robert Velline in Fargo, N.D., says on his website that he was diagnosed last year.
Vee was catapulted to stardom after the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP (Big Bopper) Richardson in a 1959 plane crash en route to Moorhead, Minn.
Vee and his friends filled in for the trio at the Moorhead performance and soon after that he recorded his first single, Suzie Baby, for Soma Records in Minneapolis.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press says Vees wife of 48 years, Karen Velline, is also dealing with health issues. Shes on a waiting list for a lung transplant.
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