{"id":321976,"date":"2026-02-28T14:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321976\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:59:09","slug":"singer-neil-sedaka-known-for-laughter-in-the-rain-dies-aged-86-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321976\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Neil Sedaka, known for Laughter in the Rain, dies aged 86 &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE9hYkJxcnRYdlJxWFBHMUVGd0pjYS1Fb092c2s2QmxEU3FBNk5NaV81YjNWU2xmRW0wT2l3eDJ0SDFEaEh0YWE0SUNKQ0lqQUNYSVBzME1rNWJXd1N4M2RxT2l6S183X1M2NXUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Singer Neil Sedaka, known for Laughter in the Rain, dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE96bmpoVjFmNGtsWng4bkRpaXZad1ZfWXk4S29pQXRwbDMxR1U3dmlrVXlORjktaVFqUXRXaDlPb3YzZlJmNWp3aFFwVHhUajNNWnVMUkhWOTY1SDdiV1JFWmF6YXhTSGFSOFRrVkxraHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka, US singer and songwriter, dies age 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPdm41UEQzSTB1b1F5QnBEUFFPZFRqNWQzZXNGTjZjdGo4TWdCalZ0REZZM0ZHQXlNRm1FUm9oRkJnRk9TeWJkeUJCX0x3RC1KMnFFbDVxNXo4a3gtRE1ZXzVucVRHZUxYaXVwV3hPWU9qMVFDUW13V2V1Q2hfVTFQWDlJU1d1aG1CaTJxQ2VDYVFPd2ZiNHowUTU5ODBOSkdYTFVyYXZkMlh2d3ZuSG5yZmdUOXVkY0pk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka, singer of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and Laughter In The Rain, has died<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNejFFM1VRdEVSZGhVLW5NcDVOSXFKTUtfNzd0cllOcGtjaFlfVzJnWkFTS0FwQ0IxVjQyNEIzdVY4bGgxajRVS0dZRWlhdUxyX3NPNm9hYmkwMVVVMlB3TzdLaTNQZHQ2SGdjTEpaSWI3Z18wUzRJOTNTcVladWNlWGtyWFNPS1Fwb0h4VEpjSFBCcE9aZUpna1g0N0p3RFIwbWU5eWJDU0JIRDkzNkRXVkhKTlN4TnBObFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do singer and pop song hitmaker, dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE1CeUdlLTF1eHViSFZOUXFKVkQtZTZOMGlyc0N3MXc1WEQwVkw2Y29obzZUUmRYeVVqNGhmM256RFNxS1JkbW1TX3BPdjIwTEpMTUVWVE9kd1RQTjYxWnBSQVZyOWUydWwyMmFsOVF4TXJkb05ibEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86 &#8211; The New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Neil Sedaka, known for Laughter in the Rain, dies aged 86&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalNeil Sedaka, US singer and songwriter,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,149649,149650,43,40,38,41,39,115],"class_list":{"0":"post-321976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-laughter-in-the-rain","10":"tag-neil-sedaka","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories","16":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}