Chuck Negron, member of hit '60s band Three Dog Night, dies at 83

Chuck Negron, founding member of "One" and "Til the World Ends" rockers Three Dog Night, has died. He was 83.

The singer died Monday, Feb. 2, at his home in Los Angeles' Studio City neighborhood from heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complications, according to the Associated Press and Rolling Stone.

Singers Danny Hutton and Cory Wells invited the New York City native to found Three Dog Night in 1967, going on to lead a successful run through the early '70s.

Their 21 Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hit singles include "Til the World Ends" and "Joy to the World." But the band is perhaps best known for their covers, popularizing Leo Sayer's "The Show Must Go On," Eric Burdon's "Mama Told Me," "Easy to Be Hard" from the musical "Hair" and Harry Nilsson's "One," best known for its opening line: "One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do."

USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Negron and Three Dog Night.