
Hatfield is survived by his wife and four children. The two were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year. Medley and Hatfield had continued to tour and perform a few months a year in Las Vegas. Their star rose again in 1990, when Unchained Melody was used in the film Ghost.

The two split for a time in the late 1960s, but reunited and had a few hits in the mid-1970s. He died on Novemin Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was married to Linda Jean Torrison and Alberta Joy Colsant (Joy Ciro). He was an actor, known for Feeling Minnesota (1996), Cheers (1982) and Twenty-One (1991).

Bobby Hatfield was born on Augin Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA as Robert Lee Hatfield. With producer Phil Spector providing his "wall of sound," The Righteous Brothers produced a string of hits in the 1960s, including Unchained Melody and (You're My) Soul and Inspiration.īut Lovin' Feeling, released in 1964, was their biggest hit, and industry experts rank it as the most-played radio song of all time. Bobby Hatfield, Soundtrack: Feeling Minnesota. They were performing in a local bar as part of a five-piece group called the Paramours when a Marine shouted "That's righteous, brothers," leading to the name. Hatfield and his singing partner, Bill Medley, got together in 1961 in southern California. Kalamazoo police said there were no signs of foul play and that, while an autopsy would be conducted, Hatfield apparently died of natural causes. Hatfield, 63, was found about 6:45 pm (local time) Wednesday by hotel workers in Kalamazoo, Michigan, after he did not respond to a wake-up call before a show.

Bobby Hatfield, the tenor half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo who made You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling a worldwide hit, was found dead in a western Michigan hotel, according to police.
