Bobby Sherman, who enjoyed a thriving career as a teen pop star and actor, has died at 81, his wife Brigitte Poublon and actor John Stamos announced.

Bobby Sherman is dead. Best known for his bouncy pop music and television appearances throughout the late ’60s and early ’70s, Sherman made his mark with seven top 40 hits and five gold records. As confirmed by Sherman’s friend, actor John Stamos, Sherman died of cancer at his California home. He was 81.

Bobby Sherman, whose winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and ’70s with bubblegum pop hits like