Robert John, the singer-songwriter behind the chart-topping hit "Sad Eyes," died on Monday, Feb. 24. He was 79.

A former No. 1 hit singer who charted in four different decades is dead at age 79. Robert John, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 with “Sad Eyes,” died Monday, according to Rolling Stone.

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes,” died Monday. He was 79. Michael Pedrick, John’s son ...