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Robert Goulet, a longtime Las Vegan who counted showroom success on the Strip among his achievements in theater, film, television and recording, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 73.

The big-voiced singer first played Las Vegas at the Flamingo in 1963, riding the tide of his breakthrough role in "Camelot," and owned his valley home since 1974. His later career relied more on travel, but Goulet still held hopes of becoming a resident headliner at the new casino (since announced as the Plaza) set to switch the Frontier.

"I may just die onstage. Hey, hey, that's the dream, isn't it?" he said with characteristic humor in 2005.

Goulet had been under sedation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he had awaited a lung transplant since Oct. 13. He was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. and died in the company of his wife, Vera, and sons, Christopher and Michael.

The singer was transferred to Cedars-Sinai after 12 days of hospitalization in Las Vegas. During that stint, his longtime local physician, Dr. David Kipper, determined he would not survive without a lung transplant. Southern Nevada has no lung transplant program.

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With Julie Andrews in Camelot.

1. Robert Goulet was a virtual unknown when he auditioned for the role of Lancelot in the 1960 Broadway stage musical Camelot. Yet, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe cast him opposite Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. Goulet held his retain and crooned one of the showstoppers "If Ever I Would Leave You"--which became his signature song.

2. Goulet didn't even acquire a Tony nomination for Camelot, while Burton won Best Actor and Andrews was nominated for Finest Actress. Six years later, though, Robert Goulet won a Tony for Optimal Actor in a Musical for The Happy Time with music and lyrics by Kander & Ebb. Stage producer David Merrick originally planned to cast Yves Montand in the role. Interestingly, the play was set in Canada, which is where the U.S.-born Goulet was raised.

3. Although Robert Goulet recorded several successful albums, he only scored one pop knock on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "My Affectionate , Forgive Me" peaked at #16 in 1964. The original version of the song enjoyed immense popularity in Italy, where it was known as "Amore scusami."

4. In the 1966 TV series Blue Light, Robert Goulet played a double agent posing

Robert Goulet dies at 73

what a great voice...I loved him in Camelot

his superbowl commercial

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LOS ANGELES - Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.

The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, said Goulet spokesman Norm Johnson.

He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being found last month to have a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis.

Goulet had remained in good spirits even as he waited for the transplant, said Vera Goulet, his wife of 25 years.

"Just watch my vocal cords," she said he told doctors before they inserted a breathing tube.

The Massachusetts-born Goulet, who spent much of his youth in Canada, gained stardom in 1960 with "Camelot," the Lerner and Loewe musical that starred Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as his Queen Guenevere.

Goulet played Sir Lancelot, the arrogant French knight who falls in love with Guenevere.

He became a hit with American TV viewers

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