Jack Jones, Grammy-winning singer of The Love Boat theme, has died aged 86

By Leah Stanfield, Assistant Showbiz Editor

Jack Jones has died aged 86. (Image: Getty)

Grammy Award-winning singer Jack Jones, who sang the iconic Love Boat theme song, died at age 86 on Wednesday night.

His stepdaughter confirmed that the singer died at Eisenhower Medical in Rancho Mirage, California, after a two-year battle with leukaemia.

As well as The Love Boat theme, the crooner also had hits with Lollipops and Roses, Wives and Lovers and The Impossible Dream.

Jack previously told the Daily Express that the highlights of his career were winning his two Grammys, singing at the London Palladium and performing for the Queen Mother at the Royal Variety Performance in 1972.

He recalled in a 2016 interview: "I had to share a dressing room and it was funny seeing my tuxedo hanging next to what Liberace and Elton John were going to wear.

Jack Jones won two Grammy Awards. (Image: Getty)

"My outfit was rather subdued next to theirs, as was my performance – Elton went out and did his part with a guy on a unicycle with a cake on his head.

"It was wonderful to meet the Queen Mother. She was a sweet woman. We talked very little but she said it was nice to have me there."

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