Flanigan died Sunday at the home of congestive heart failure, with close family members and several trombonists of playing songs, IVI Dina Roth management officer said.
"The voice of the Flanigan was indestructible, said Ross Barbour, the last original member of the Group of four men." He could drive all day and all night without stopping between concerts, and when our voices have been at the forefront that Bob was still in full form. ?
Barbour, 82, now lives in Simi Valley, California.
Flanigan and his cousins Ross Barbour and Don Barbour formed the group in 1948 with Hal Kratzsch while attending Butler University in Indiana. Flanigan played trombone and bass and sings lead parts.
Don Barbour died in a car accident in 1961. Kratzsch died in 1970.
The Group has produced over 50 albums and 70 singles and had six nominations at the Grammys over the years, said Roth.
The best-known recordings were "It's a blue world" in 1952, "Mood Indigo" in 1954, "day by day" in 1955 and in "Graduation day" in 1956. The Group has been credited to be an influence in early on the Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson.
Flanigan retired in 1992, but Roth said that he kept a hand in a changing cast of the performers and the management of the name of The Four Freshmen. Current cast of the Group - Brian Eichenberger, Curtis Calderon, Vince Johnson and Bob Ferreira - are due to perform Wednesday in Boston.
Flanigan is survived by his wife, Mary Flanigan, six children and 15 grandchildren. Memorial service plans were pending.
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