Captain and Tennille's Toni Tennille Reflects on Her Relationship with Daryl Dragon
Daryl Dragon AKA “Captain” of the iconic music duo Captain & Tennille passed away on Wednesday, January 2 at 76 years old. According to the Associated Press, he died of renal failure at a hospice in Prescott, AZ.
The legendary keyboard player’s ex-wife and longtime professional partner, Toni Tennille, was by his side at the time of his death. CNN reports they married in 1975 and finalized their divorce nearly 40 years later in 2014, but that they remained close following the separation. She even moved back to Arizona to help care for him.
“He was a brilliant musician with many friends who loved him greatly,” Toni said in a statement to the AP. “I was at my most creative in my life, when I was with him.”
The pair met in the early 1970s, pumping out hits like “Love Will Keep Us Together” and “The Way I Want to Touch You.” According to Rolling Stone, only two of the albums they made in the '70s did not go certified gold or platinum. The outlet also says their last album was The Secret of Christmas, which was released in 2007.
In 2016, Toni released a memoir about their time together. “Daryl was my muse,” she told the Miami Herald at the time. “The joy of making music and writing songs and having him make those wonderful records for me, I didn’t want to give that up, either, because it was so fulfilling.”
Daryl’s publicist, Harlan Boll, requests that any donations made in Daryl's name be to organizations researching brain diseases and conditions like Parkinson’s Disease or post-traumatic stress disorder.
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