Bobby Sherman, a top teen idol of the late 1960s and early ’70s, has passed away at the age of 81 after battling kidney cancer. The sad news was announced by his wife, Brigitte Poublon, on Instagram on Tuesday (June 24). “It is with the heaviest heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband, Bobby Sherman,” she wrote. “And though our family feels his loss profoundly, we also feel the warmth of his legacy—his voice, his laughter, his music, his mission. Thank you to every fan who ever sang along, who ever sent love his way. He felt it.” Sherman rose to fame starring in the hit ABC TV series, Here Come the Brides, which ran from 1968 to 1970. Sherman’s music career was marked by a run of chart-topping success in the span of only two and a half years, which featured a string of gold-certified Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hits, “Little Woman,” “La La La (If I Had You),” “Easy Come, Easy Go,” and “Julie, Do Ya Love Me.” Sherman also had three Top 20 albums on the Billboard 200 – Bobby Sherman, Here Comes Bobby and With Love – which were all certified gold. Bobby is survived by his wife, sons Tyler and Christopher, and six grandchildren. (Billboard)