Jack Jones dead at 86: Grammy-winning singer of The Love Boat theme song passes away

Grammy-award winning Jack Jones, who sang nan iconic Love Boat taxable song, has died astatine property 86.

The vocalist and character passed Wednesday night, his family announced, according to KESQ.

His stepdaughter Nicole Whitty shared pinch The Hollywood Reporter that Jones died pursuing a two-year conflict pinch leukemia. He passed astatine Eisenhower Medical successful Rancho Mirage, California, she shared. 

In summation to nan Love Boat taxable song, Jones has besides released nan celebrated tracks Wives and Lovers and Lollipops and Roses.

Jones earned 2 Grammy awards during his profession and made predominant quality connected assortment shows passim nan 60s and 70s, according to KESQ.

On apical of singing, Jones was besides an character pinch credits successful 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel and 2013's American Hustle.

A agelong clip resident of nan Coachella Valley, Jones received a prima connected nan Palm Springs Walk of Stars successful 2003. 

'Because of The Love Boat theme, everything was awesome connected ships aft that,' he told Las Vegas Magazine during a 2016 interview. 'I did six weeks a year. They gave maine nan champion suite connected nan ship, and it was nan S.S. Norway. We conscionable had a awesome time.' 

Showbusiness ran successful Jones' humor - his mother Irene Hervey was an character pinch decades of movie and TV experience, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was moreover nominated for an Emmy.

Jones' father, Allan Jones, was besides an character and vocalist down nan way The Donkey Serenade.

The Love Boat opus was released arsenic a azygous by Jones successful 1979, according to THR.

And nan vocalist didn't mind poking nosy astatine nan emotion opus from clip to clip - successful Airplane II: The Sequel, he concisely appeared arsenic a lounge vocalist performing nan track. 

'So it’s not nan top opus successful nan world,' Jones erstwhile shared pinch a reporter, according to nan Washington Post. 'But I deliberation conscionable astir each vocalist would for illustration to person a opus pinch which they’re identified.'