United Kingdom, Feb. 28 -- Neil Sedaka has died at the age of 86.

The singer-songwriter - who was best known for hits including Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Oh! Carol, Calendar Girl, and Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, as well as writing songs for the likes of Connie Francis, The Monkees and ABBA - was hospitalised on Friday (27.02.26) morning and died later in the day, leaving his wife Leba Strassberg and their children Dara and Marc "devastated".

The Sedaka family said in a statement: "Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Neil Sedaka.

"A true rock and roll legend, an inspiration to millions, but most importantly, at least to those of us who were lucky enough to know him, an incred...