Richard Anthony est mort cette nuit à Pégomas (Alpes-Maritimes), à l'âge de 77 ans. Il avait enregistré plus de 600 titres durant sa carrière, dont le fameux Et j'entends siffler le train.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Fabien Lecoeuvre, attaché de presse de la tournée « Age tendre », à laquelle Richard Anthony avait participé à plusieurs reprises a confirmé l'information de France 3 : « Je viens d'avoir sa compagne, elle m'a confirmé son décès ». Le chanteur était atteint d'un cancer, selon M. Lecoeuvre. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Près de 60 ans de carrière :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Dans les années 70-80, le public est moins au rendez-vous, il part aux États-Unis pour faire de la production mais est rattrapé par le fisc lors de son retour en 1982.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            En 1996 il tente un retour, et publie son autobiographie en 1996 avant de fêter ses 40 ans de carrière en 1998 au Zénith de Paris.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Au milieu des années 2000 il revient sur le devant de la scène grâce à la tournée Age tendre et tête de bois, produit par Michel Algay, qui comprend que le public n'avait pas oublié ses vieilles idoles des années 1960-1970.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        * De ses deux mariages, il a eu neuf enfants.