- Born Name: Franklin Joseph Lymon
- Birthday: 1942-09-30 (Year-Month-Day)
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Franklin Joseph Frankie Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group, The Teenagers. The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid teens. The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, and two Puerto Rican members, Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni.The Teenagers first single, 1956s Why Do Fools Fall in Love, was also their biggest hit. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and those of the Teenagers fell into decline. By age 25, he was found dead in his grandmothers bathroom from a heroin overdose. His life inspired the 1998 film, Why Do Fools Fall In Love?.