Singer/TV host Al Alberts dies
By Frank Gerace/AP

Singer and local TV host Al Alberts passed away Friday at age 87.

Alberts, born Al Albertini in Chester in 1922, graduated from South Philadelphia High School and Temple University, and after a hitch in the Navy, co-founded the '50's singing group the Four Aces, whose hits included Three Coins in the Fountain and Love is a Many-Splendored Thing.

Alberts hosted a weekend TV show, Al Alberts Showcase, which featured local talent from 1966 to 2001.

The show helped launch the careers of performers including Andrea McArdle, Sister Sledge and Teddy Pendergrass.

Alberts' son Chris worked for WDEL and WSTW for several years, and is now a theater director in Wilmington.

He says his father died at his home in Arcadia, Florida, near Port Charlotte, apparently due to complications from kidney failure.

Al Alberts is also survived by his wife Stella and son Al Jr.

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