{"id":667998,"date":"2026-07-01T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667998\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:30:10","slug":"victor-willis-village-people-lead-singer-dies-aged-74-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/667998\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Willis, Village People lead singer, dies aged 74 &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNLWN2cm52MkcyZUh0R3R5YWFFbGVCS3c5TUpBV1VLeTNWdENWdEtfTC1iNG5XcFliSlpqNm4yZTJSRXlxTHBiMk1UMDN6YkJoNWlLRkJpWnFOU2RGR1NabmJ4alZjUC16VnVuVFRKcGkzVm9LaEw2WFc5VFVlSm8xeWhTYWtGR0xsTDFTRGE4eUVSU1NabjJpRHNuZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Willis, Village People lead singer, dies aged 74<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5OOWlQNXpmT2RVbjBsUER2bjZLQURrQ1IzTTczallFWWZSZkhxclJ6ZG02WU1qOXNndjJLX2FYd0EyckNEbmZHY2l1N2QxM0dMbk93a2xvQXVkbG1s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Village People frontman Victor Willis dies aged 74<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPNHN6UGRKN3JTZHVnOGRJVGxYejVNYXd4Sm1nR0lzcldWbTFYSlR5TU5KSUVLRkJfOXRLVDU1NktYd2QxMFpaMmE1c0l2Ui1sVGJNd1M0Tk9yRF84SzBXWGk4QzNBZU1VZ3l5dGRpT0xKV015RExITnp3Qm1XcGcwOFJDWDJ3SWYwYjBkMHM3dENvLS1LSFN3anVmS2RNX1Nf?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump pays tribute to Village People lead singer after death at 75<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQdXd3cWVBSVYwX1l4T3daTV9EVWs1Z0RsRjFFSmN6b0h6SUNmWWtWSklRWHRYdS1UZVo5WUUtSUx2MWVRV3FxSUFxQm4yX1MyczhyRWQ0T09pNGU0UGt2Y2FXNURuZTQ1bUE4aTFOWGU1T3dkcjZEc0thT25FaUw0SmFSQWdjeW5XRG9PS2d5Wk5WbVVWNkhFdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Village People lead singer Victor Willis dead at 74<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNUDkzOGxtX2NocW1ITFVlWDhHWjg2WkxoTWdZcTNpZm9lRUk2N0JtWVlOc3owX0VpYnZJV2dtMDI1eEJ5MFlnMFNoNU1CZG1LNmp0emlSWkIyUFBkajRZLVdPcEh5SkJoV0R2TE1YaDFRZVhybi1HLWZFdXJRbzFOSk5oTWk1TktfN2xKTVprR0JtX28ya09JMmw4eW5RczhUTXBQTkpjVUZLNkpJQkJpNVR3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018We asked Trump to stop playing YMCA\u2019, says singer Victor Willis in resurfaced interview<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Willis, Village People lead singer, dies aged 74&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesVillage People frontman Victor Willis dies aged 74&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTrump pays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-667998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}