In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 still frame from video provided by KABC-TV, singer Johnny Mathis talks to reporters outside his heavily fire-damaged home in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. The 80-year-old singer had just flown back to Los Angeles to learn that his home of 56 years caught fire. He told reporters the blaze caused extensive damage and that only a few mementos were spared. (KABC-TV via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT TV OUT
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fire has damaged singer Johnny Mathis' longtime home in the Hollywood Hills.
The 80-year-old had just flown back to Los Angeles to learn that his home of 56 years caught fire Monday. Fire department spokesman Brian Humphrey said a vegetation fire spread to the mansion.
Mathis told reporters that the blaze caused extensive damage and that only a few mementos were spared.
But he says it's most important that nobody got hurt, adding that "we can always replace things." The fire's cause is under investigation.
Mathis is known for such hit songs as "Chances Are," ''It's Not for Me to Say" and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late."
He launched a tour this year to celebrate his six decades in the music industry. Mathis' website says he performed in Cleveland on Sunday.
The exterior of the heavily fire-damaged home of singer Johnny Mathis is seen in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The longtime home of the 80-year-old singer was heavily damaged in the fire that broke out Monday night. Mathis had just flown back to Los Angeles to learn that his home of 56 years caught fire. The cause of the fire was under investigation.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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The exterior of the heavily fire-damaged home of singer Johnny Mathis is seen in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The longtime home of the 80-year-old singer was heavily damaged in the fire that broke out Monday night. Mathis had just flown back to Los Angeles to learn that his home of 56 years caught fire. The cause of the fire was under investigation.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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File-In this Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, singer Johnny Mathis poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. The longtime home of Mathis in the Hollywood Hills was damaged in a fire on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. The 80-year-old singer had just flown back to Los Angeles to learn that his home of 56 years caught fire. He told reporters the blaze caused extensive damage and that only a few mementos were spared. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP, File)
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