PEORIA, Ill. — A 96-year-old man’s song is now number ten on iTunes, right up there with music stars Katy Perry and Pink. Fred Stobaugh lives in Peoria, Illinois and recently lost his wife of 73 years. To help him deal with his pain, he wrote a song and entered a local songwriting contest.
He didn’t win the contest, but the studio found his story touching and made a short documentary about Fred and Lorraine’s love story. The video has now been viewed more than one and a half million times on YouTube.