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John Davis, one of the voices behind the infamous lip-synching pop duo Milli Vanilli, has died of coronavirus. He was 66.
Posed portrait of the band ‘The Real Milli Vanilli’; Brad Howell, John Davis, Ray Horton and Gina Mohammed, circa 1990-1992. (Photo by Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images)
“My dad passed away this evening through the coronavirus,” Davis’ daughter Jasmin wrote in a Facebook post on May 24. “He made a lot of people happy with his laughter and smile, his happy spirit, love and especially through his music. He gave so much to the world! Please give him the last round of applause. We will miss him dearly.”
Davis passed away on Monday (May 24) in Nuremberg, Germany where he had lived.
Credited with backup vocals for Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, the German-French duo Milli Vanilli, their debut album “Girl You Know It’s True” sold over 11 million copies and won a Grammy for best new artist in 1990.
When it was revealed that Pilatus and Morvan weren’t the real singers, they were stripped of their Grammy. A year following, they rebranded themselves as Rob and Fab but never achieved the same level of success.
