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Singer Dominic Grant has died at the age of 71, his family have said.A statement on behalf of his wife Julie Forsyth said: “It is with such great sadness that I have to tell you I have lost my darling Dominic, suddenly on Wednesday November 18, 2020 to an abdominal aortic aneurysm.“He was an amazing husband, father, brother and brand new grandad. My heart is with his wife – the daughter of entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth – Grant was part of the pop group Guys ‘n’ Dolls, who found success in the singles There’s A Whole Lot Of Loving and You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me reached the top 10 in the the group split, Grant and Forsyth performed together. Guys ’n’ Dolls was founded in 1974 as an answer to ABBA. They scored some hits, of which ’You’re My World’ even became a number 1 hit. The band consisted of members Paul Griggs (1944), David Van Day (1956), Thereza Bazar (1957), Dominic Grant (1949), Martine Howard and Julie Forsyth (1958). After Bazar and Van Day left the group in 1978, they achieved great success in Britain as the duo Dollar. With Griggs, Howard, Grant and Forsyth, Guys ’n’ Dolls continued his way. In 1980 the band moved to the Netherlands, where they started working with record producer Gerard Stellaard. Guys ’n’ Dolls fell apart in 1985, after which Grant & Forsyth continued as a duo and scored some hits. This is a Guys ’n’ Dolls announcement of their single ’How Do You Mend A Broken Heart’ on August 7, 1979. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
