Don McGuire, the final surviving member of The Hilltoppers, has died in his residence state of Kentucky. He was 86.
Kerr Brothers Funeral Home of Lexington says McGuire, a local of Hazard, died Friday following a brief sickness.
The Hilltoppers rose to fame within the 1950s with pop hits together with “P.S. I Love You” and “Trying.”
They took their title from their alma mater Western Kentucky University’s athletic groups.
Other members of the group had been Jimmy Sacca, Seymour Spiegelman and Billy Vaughn.
The Hilltoppers had been inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
Services for McGuire are scheduled for Wednesday on the funeral residence. A visitation is deliberate on Tuesday night.
