title: Leon Redbone
text: Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a Cypriot-American singer, actor and guitarist. He played mostly jazz and blues.
  
  Redbone sang the theme to the television series Mr. Belvedere.  He was a semi-regular musical guest on NBC's Saturday Night Live throughout the late 1970s. He last appeared on the show in 1983.  During the 1980s and '90s, Redbone was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He has also been a guest on A Prairie Home Companion (radio broadcast). 
  
  Redbone voiced a fake snowman version of himself in the 2003 comedy Christmas movie Elf.
  
  He retired in May 2015 due to health issues. Redbone died under hospice care in New Hope, Pennsylvania on May 30, 2019 at the age of 69. The cause was problems from dementia.
  
  Studio albums
  On the Track (1975)
  Double Time (1977)
  Champagne Charlie (1978)
  From Branch to Branch (1981)
  Red to Blue (1985)
  Christmas Island (1987)
  No Regrets (1988)
  Sugar (1990)
  Up a Lazy River (1992)
  Whistling in the Wind (1994)
  Any Time (2001)
  
  References
  
  1949 births
  2019 deaths
  Deaths from dementia
  Disease-related deaths in Pennsylvania
  Cypriot writers
  American singer-songwriters
  American jazz singers
  American blues singers
  American jazz musicians
  American blues musicians
  American guitarists
  Singers from Pennsylvania
  Writers from Pennsylvania
  Musicians from Pennsylvania
  Warner Bros. Records artists