NYTIMES (Stephen Thomas Erlewine) - Neil Sedaka: 14 Essential Songs
The singer and songwriter, who died on Friday at 86, gave voice to teenage dreams, then executed one of music’s most unexpected comebacks.
ABCNEWS - Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka dies at 86
Neil Sedaka rose to fame in the late '50s and early '60s, thanks to popular hits like "Calendar Girl," and what became his signature song, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do."
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - 'Breaking Up is Hard to Do' singer Neil Sedaka dies at the age of 86
Sedaka, who had nine Top 10 hits during his long career, was reportedly taken to the hospital Friday morning, but no details surrounding the cause of his death has been released so far.
NYTIMES (Peter Applebome) - Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86
With a genius for melody and keen commercial instincts, he sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the late 1950s and early ’60s, and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.
DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - Legendary Singer Neil Sedaka Reportedly Rushed To Hospital
The exact nature of his illness was not disclosed