Yodelling singer Slim Whitman dies, aged 90

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeller who sold millions of records through TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!”, has died in Florida aged 90.

Yodelling singer Slim Whitman dies, aged 90

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeller who sold millions of records through TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!”, has died in Florida aged 90.

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