The avuncular crooner Andy Williams just passed away. From his New York Times obituary, a passage about the singer and his infamous wife Claudine Longet:

Mr. Williams married Ms. Longet in 1961, and they had two sons, Christian and Robert, and a daughter, Noelle. The couple divorced in 1975. That year Ms. Longet was charged with fatally shooting Spider Sabich, a ski racing champion, in Aspen, Colo. Mr. Williams stood by his ex-wife, who contended that the shooting was accidental, and accompanied her to court during her trial. She was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, and sentenced to 30 days in jail.•

Andy and Claudine, before it all went to hell, singing “Silent Night”:

See also:

• Spider Sabich dies from gunshot wound in Aspen. (1976)

• Sabich demonstrates his brilliant downhill skiing. (1969)