R & B Singer Teddy Pendergrass Dies at Age 59

Rest In Peace Teddy Pendergrass and thanks for leaving us with this song:



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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B's reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his ********, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a devastating car accident that left him *********, died Wednesday at age 59.

The singer's ***, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his ****** died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery," his *** said.

"To all his fans who loved his music, thank you," his *** said. "He will live on through his music."

Pendergrass suffered a spinal cord injury and was ********* from the waist down in the 1982 car accident. He spent six months in a hospital but returned to recording the next year with the album "Love Language."

He returned to the stage at Live Aid in 1985, performing from his wheelchair.
 

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