Robert Gerard Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to a family of French-Canadian origin. He was the son of Jeanette , who is the mother of his grandchildren, Jordan Gerard and Solange.
(December 1993) Had a cancerous prostate removed.
Has been awarded a Fellowship at the Royal Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto, Canada, his alma mater.
Longstanding rumor that his real name is Stanley Applebaum is false, although many web sites and even reference books continue to report this. The rumor results from an in-joke that Goulet tried to make to a group of reporters that wasnt understood. Goulet tells the story behind the rumor on his web site.
Was of French-Canadian extraction.
He had fallen ill while flying home to Las Vegas after performing a concert in Syracuse, NY, on September 20, 2007. Goulet was rushed to St. Rose Hospital in Las Vegas on September 30, 2007, where he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. On October 13, 2007, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after it was determined he would not survive without an emergency lung transplant. He died at 10:17am, on October 30, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, while awaiting a transplant. He was cremated in the night of November 9, 2007 and his ashes will remain in Las Vegas with his wife, Vera.
He had a daughter, Nicolette Goulet , with his first wife, Louise. He also had two sons, Christopher and Michael, with his second wife, Carol.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6368 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
He lived in Las Vegas, NV in his later years, until his death.
(May 2007) Recently began doing very unusual but funny television ad campaign for Emerald Nuts
When he had surgery on a split femur in the mid-1990s, he asked the surgeon if he would be able to dance afterward. The doctor said yes. Goulet replied: "Thats good, because I couldnt dance before.".
Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Music & Arts.
One of the lines in "Man Of La Mancha" spoken of the Duke in the play by,Cervantes/Don Quixote is, "He carries his self-importance as if afraid,of breaking it", amuses me immensely. No one should take himself that,seriously. .
