RIP: Trini Lopez, singer and Dirty Dozen actor, dead at 83.

Trini Lopez, who was known for his hit “If I Had a Hammer,” is dead. He was 83.

Lopez’s close friend and collaborator Joe Chavira confirmed the death to Fox News on Tuesday and explained that he died due to coronavirus complications.

According to Chavira, Lopez had been “in and out” of the hospital for about two months and was working on a local 30-minute television special to raise funds for food banks, which have been stressed because of the pandemic’s economic fallout.

Around the time of his Dirty Dozen appearance, Lopez had an endorsement with Gibson in the mid-’60s, and had a stylish semi-hollow-body electric guitar as his signature model that’s been frequently reissued due to its desirability among collectors.