BROOK BENTON DIED IN A QUEENS HOSPITAL — WHAT HIS FAMILY HID FOR 35 YEARS

Remember When

He had one of the warmest voices in American music. He sold millions of records. He stood at the top of the charts when Elvis, Sinatra, and Nat King Cole were still household names. And then, somehow, the world quietly moved on without him. In April 1988, Brook Benton — the man behind "Rainy Night