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Goulet Sedated While Awaiting Transplant


LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Singer and actor Robert Goulet is heavily sedated and breathing through a respirator in a Los Angeles hospital while he awaits a lung transplant, his wife told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "He can hear me but he can't respond," Vera Goulet said of the 73-year-old crooner.

Vera Goulet said doctors told her the lung transplants are the most successful operation of any transplant, with a success rate of 88 percent. A suitable donor has yet to be found, she said.

"God willing, if we proceed with this, our doctors feel that there's no reason he will not have at least 15 years of life doing what he does, going back on stage and singing," she said. "That's very encouraging."

The singer fell ill when flying home to Las Vegas after performing at a Sept. 20 concert in Syracuse, N.Y., his wife said. Doctors initially assumed it was some kind of bug, but he got weaker until he had to be rushed to the hospital 10 days later, she said.

Goulet was diagnosed with a form of pulmonary fibrosis that his official Web site described as a "rapidly progressive and fatal condition." He was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as a transplant patient Oct. 13.

Speaking by phone from the hospital, Vera Goulet said doctors inserted a breathing tube down her husband's throat and sedated him, and that they were last able to speak two weeks ago.

"He said, 'Just give me a new pair of lungs and I'll hit the high notes until I'm 100,'" she said.

"I told him I loved him. He told me he loves me. He was ready to have the tube inserted. And he said, 'Just watch my vocal cords.'" The couple's 25th wedding anniversary was Oct. 17.

Meanwhile, she said, fans and performers have been calling and e-mailing from around the world, including comedian Jerry Lewis, actress Suzanne Somers and singer Harry Connick Jr., she said.

"Tony Orlando called and said, 'Give him a punch in the stomach for me,'" she said.

Goulet, born to French-Canadian parents in Lawrence, Mass., has won acclaim for a Broadway career that took off after his debut performance as Sir Lancelot in "Camelot" in 1960. Goulet's multiple appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" helped make him a star.

Goulet won a Grammy Award in 1962 for Best New Artist and a Tony Award in 1968 for his role in "The Happy Time."

Over the years, Goulet continued to perform onstage.

His illness forced the cancellation of planned performances in Denver and a commercial TV shoot, Vera Goulet said.

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Background information
Birth name Robert Gerard Goulet
Born November 26, 1933 (1933-11-26) (age 73)
Origin Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Genre(s) Vocal, Showtunes
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1960 - present
Robert Gerard Goulet (born November 26, 1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American entertainer.

Goulet rose to international stardom in 1960 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical, Camelot. His long career as a singer and actor encompasses theatre, radio, television and film. Goulet resides and performs in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Contents
1 Personal Life
2 Early Years
3 Rise to Stardom
4 Entertainment Career
5 Trivia
6 Album Discography
7 Filmography
8 External links



[edit] Personal Life
This section documents a current event.
Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

Goulet and his first wife Louise Longmore had one daughter, Nicolette.

He had two sons, Christopher and Michael, with his second wife, actress and singer Carol Lawrence.

In 1982, he was married to Vera Novak in Las Vegas, Nevada. When not at their home in Las Vegas, Robert and Vera Goulet reside on their yacht in Los Angeles.

In March 2006, it was announced that Goulet would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Although he was not born in Canada, he was born of Canadian parents, and he moved back at three months old. Robert also spent his formative years in Canada. Robert is currently seeking Canadian citizenship, with the help of fellow Albertan bandleader and senator Tommy Banks.

According to Yahoo! Entertainment, on October 23, 2007, Robert Goulet is in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. and in need of a lung transplant. Goulet had been hospitalized for 22 days in Las Vegas and Los Angeles with Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis, which was described as "a rare but rapidly progressive and potentially fatal condition." He was moved from Las Vegas after 12 days after it was determined he "would not survive without an emergency lung transplant."[1].


[edit] Early Years
Robert Goulet is the only son of French Canadian parents, Joseph Georges Andre Goulet and the former Jeanette Gauthier. His rise to fame started at the age of five. [citation needed] At a family gathering, Goulet's aunts and uncles blackened his face with burnt cork and prompted him to do Al Jolson impressions. Though his performance was well-received by his relatives, the experience was deeply traumatic for the young Goulet, and left him with performance anxiety, which would plague him for many years [citation needed].

In spite of his stage fright, Goulet was encouraged by his parents to continue performing. When he was in his early teens, his recently widowed mother moved herself and her son from Girouxville, Alberta, to the provincial capital of Edmonton so that he could take advantage of the performance opportunities offered in the city. There, he attended the famous voice schools founded by Herbert G. Turner and Jean Letourneau, and later became a radio announcer for radio station CKUA. Upon graduating from high school, Goulet received a scholarship to Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music. There, he studied voice with famed oratorio baritones, George Lambert and Ernesto Vinci.

In 1952, he competed in CBC Television's "Pick The Stars," ultimately ascending to the semifinals. This led to other network appearances on shows like "Singing Stars of Tomorrow," "Opportunity Knocks," and the Canadian version of "Howdy Doody" (in which he starred opposite another future star, William Shatner)[citation needed].


[edit] Rise to Stardom
In 1959, Goulet was introduced to librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, who were having difficulty casting the role of Lancelot in their stage production Camelot. Lerner and Loewe, impressed by Goulet's talent, signed the virtual newcomer to play the part, opposite Richard Burton's King Arthur and Julie Andrews' Queen Guenevere, with whom he was in love at the time.

In October 1960, Camelot opened in Toronto, ran for a four-week engagement in Boston, and finally opened on Broadway two months later. Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his show-stopping romantic ballad, "If Ever I Would Leave You". After Camelot's run, Goulet appeared on The Danny Thomas Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, which made him a household name among American audiences.

In 1966, Goulet starred as a double agent in the World War II television drama, Blue Light.


[edit] Entertainment Career
In 1968, Goulet was on Broadway in the Kander and Ebb musical, The Happy Time. He appeared in a 1982 production of Rose Marie with Inga Swenson, and in 2005, appeared in the Broadway revival of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles. Goulet began a recording career with Columbia Records in 1962, which resulted in more than 15 albums.

Goulet began working in films in 1962, providing the voice of one of the characters in the animated feature Gay Purr-ee, opposite Judy Garland. His first acting role was in His and Hers (1964), but it was not until a cameo appearance as a singer in Louis Malle's film, Atlantic City (1980) that Goulet was given critical acclaim. He recorded the song "Atlantic City (My Old Friend)" for Applause Records in 1981.

He was absent from the screen for seven years, until he was cast by Tim Burton as a houseguest blown through the roof by Beetlejuice and also played himself in Bill Murray's Scrooged (both 1988) In 1990, he sang the Canadian national anthem at the beginning of "WrestleMania VI", which was held at the Toronto Skydome.

In 1991, Goulet starred, along with John Putch and Hillary Bailey Smith, in the unsold television series pilot, "Acting Sheriff". That same year, he appeared as Quentin Hapsburg, opposite Leslie Nielsen, in the comedy The Naked Gun 2?: The Smell of Fear. (He also had a cameo in the 1982 TV series, "Police Squad", in the episode "The Butler Did It". The television series spawned "The Naked Gun" movie series).

In 1993, he played himself in the "Simpsons" episode, "$pringfield". In that episode, Bart Simpson booked him into his own casino (actually Bart's treehouse), and he sang the well-known Jingle Bells (Batman Smells), although he has yet to record the song commercially. In 1996, he appeared in Ellen DeGeneres' first starring vehicle, Mr. Wrong, as an insecure TV host. Goulet has also appeared in the Disney cartoon, Recess, as the singing voice for Mikey Blumberg, in numerous episodes.

Goulet remains popular in Las Vegas and performs in hotels and in concerts around the world.