California adjoins the Pacific Ocean to the west, Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With an area of 160,000 square miles (414,000 km2), it is the third-largest state in the United States in size, after Alaska and Texas.
Patti Page, Honey-Voiced â50s Pop Sensation, Dies at 85. Patti Page, the apple-cheeked, honey-voiced alto whose sentimental, soothing, sometimes silly hits like âTennessee Waltz,â âOld Cape Codâ and â(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Windowâ made her one of the most successful pop singers of the 1950s, died on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif. She was 85.
Page died on New Year's Day in Encinitas, Calif., her rep said in a statement sent to CBSNews.com. Patti Page: 1927-2013 Tennessee Waltz singer died in California on Jan. 1, 2013, at the age of 85. Page, who was to be honored by the Recording Academy in a pre-Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony on Feb. 9, was one of the top-selling female singers in history with more than 100 million record sales.