Tillotson's wife of 45 years, Nancy, confirmed the news on social media Michael Levin/Corbis via Getty Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind the 1960s hit "Poetry in Motion," has died at 86.

Veteran American pop and country singer Johnny Tillotson has died, aged 86. Tillotson’s passing was announced by his wife Nancy Tillotson on social media yesterday (April 2). In an additional ...