Andy Williams at the 1978 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Williams hosted the ceremony seven times. (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press)
Andy Williams in New York in 1974. Williams had a string of gold albums and hosted a popular television variety show and several Christmas specials. (Jerry Mosey / Associated Press)
Andy Williams visits his boyhood home in Wall Lake, Iowa, in 1998 while in town to attend ceremonies dedicating the house as a historic site. (Dave Weaver / Associated Press)
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Andy Williams at a news conference in Tokyo in 2004. (Shizuo Kambayashi / Associated Press)
Andy Wililams, shown performing in 2009, said he never tired of singing “Moon River,” whose melody he considered “beautiful” and whose lyrics he called “timeless.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)