Bobby “Boris” Picket will do the monster-mash no more, having died last week of Leukemia at age 69. The song topped the charts at #1 in 1962, 1970 and 1973, but that comes as no consolation to him on account of him now being dead all the time.

Picket, arguably the biggest one-hit wonder in history, was said to have written the song in a half-hour, according to colleague Dr. Demento. Further, the song that’s now successfully

Picket is survived by his daughter, Nancy, his sister, Lynda, and two grand-children. No word yet as to whether or not he’ll be a graveyard smash.

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