His cause of death was not disclosed.
“Only you, Dad,” the post reads.
“It’s as if he wrote the way he would take his last breath on Earth.”
Songwriter Paul Vance.Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Wire
His music was performed by artists including Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, and Robert Goulet.
Vance was inspired to write his best-known song after Paula nervously donned her first two-piece swimsuit.
Vance and his co-writer Lee Pockriss churned out tunes from the famed Brill Building in New York City.
By 1966, their songs had sold more than 50 million copies, according toBillboardmagazine.
Pockriss died in 2011.
After he left the songwriting industry, he became a horse owner and breeder.
In 2006, Vance was startled to see his own death reported on television.
Vance is survived by his daughters Paula Vance and Connie Vance Cohen and his son Joseph Vance.
His wife, Margaret Curte Vance, and his son Philip Vance preceded him in death.
