Christopher Cross is dead

Really.

May 13, 2011 at 4:02PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this April 30, 2011 file photo, singer Christopher Cross performs during the German game show "Wetten Dass" in Offenburg, southern Germany. Cross returns with "Dr. Faith", his first studio album in 12 years. (AP Photo/Ralph Orlowski, pool)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The early 80s are back! Including soft ballads by guys who insist on singing outside their range:

He must have changed his name legally, then, because he was born Christopher Geppert. Perhaps a singer who was born Christopher Cross but changed his name to Geppert died a few years ago, and that's who the secretary meant.

He's probably still getting residuals for this, regarded by the music industry as the greatest song of 1979.

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