Frankie Lymon Death

Frankie Lymon

Fifties doo-wop singer and songwriter Frankie Lymon, who went to No. 1 as a teenager in 1956 with the single "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" dies of a heroin overdose at age 26. With his group The Teenagers, Lymon had five R&B Top 10 hits in 1956 and 1957.