Stars, fans attend Goulet funeral service at Nevada Catholic church

Published: 2007-11-15

LAS VEGAS (CNS) -- Stars and fans alike turned out to remember singer-actor Robert Goulet at a funeral service for him at the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer in Las Vegas Nov. 9. News reports said mourners filled about half of the 2,200 seats in what is the largest Catholic church in Nevada. The Reno Gazette-Journal daily newspaper reported the service included "Goulet's signature song, 'If Ever I Would Leave You,' as well as farewell poems Goulet wrote before his death." Goulet, whose rich baritone voice made him an instant success when he played Lancelot in the original 1960 Broadway hit "Camelot," died Oct. 30 in a Los Angeles hospital of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was awaiting a lung transplant. He was 73. His long career as a singer and an actor encompassed theater, radio, television and film. He was a winner of Grammy and Tony awards. Goulet, who was raised a Catholic, and his wife of 25 years, Vera, lived in Las Vegas. Besides his wife he is survived by two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren. His first two marriages ended in divorce.

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