"Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at the career of singer Connie Francis, who became a defining voice of the 1950s and '60's with such hits as "Where the Boys Are" and "Who's Sorry Now," and whose 1962 song "Pretty Little Baby" recently became a viral hit on TikTok.

"She slipped away peacefully," Francis' close friend, Ron Roberts, tells PEOPLE following the singer's death at age 87

Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting the life of Connie Francis, the iconic singer and actor from New Jersey who has passed away at the age of 87 and the capture of the last of four detainees who escaped from an ICE facility in Newark.

Iconic singer Connie Francis has died just weeks after pulling out of a Fourth of July performance and telling fans she was in the hospital in “extreme pain.” Ron Roberts, the president of Concetta Records, shared the news to Francis’ Facebook page just after midnight on Thursday.

"It’s such an honor to be able to play her every night on stage," Lawrence recently told PEOPLE about her role in Broadway's 'Just in Time'