Singer and Actor Bobby Rydell Dies at Age 79

Singer Bobby Rydell poses at the premiere of a digital restoration of his 1963 film musical comedy 'Bye Bye Birdie' at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 27, 2011. Fred Prouser/Reuters

Rock n' Roll singer and actor Bobby Rydell, a teen idol in the 1950s and 60s who starred in the hit movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie” and recorded dozens of hits, has died in Pennsylvania, his website said. He was 79.

Rydell died on Tuesday of non-COVID-19 related pneumonia complications in a hospital in Abington, a statement on his website said.