Victor Willis, a founding member and the frontman of the Village People, died Tuesday at age 74. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
July 1 (UPI) -- Victor Willis, a singer and the co-founder of the popular disco group Village People, has died.
The singer-songwriter died Tuesday as "a result of a short, but aggressive illness," his wife, Karen Willis, said on Facebook. He was 74.
The Village People official Facebook page also shared the news.
Willis performed as the frontman of the Village People, who released such hits as "Macho Man," "In the Navy" and "Y.M.C.A." during the height of their popularity in the late 1970s.
