Bobby Sherman, the blue-eyed, chestnut-haired pop singer, TV actor and teen idol of the 1960s, has died, his wife shared Tuesday on Instagram. He was 81. "It is with the heaviest heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband,

Bobby Sherman, the singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s and paramedic in later years, died Tuesday morning at the age of 81.

Bobby Sherman, the pop singer and actor who rose to fame as a teen heartthrob in the 1960s, has died at 81. His longtime wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced his death on social media Tuesday, three months after she disclosed that Sherman had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.