R&B Legend PERCY SLEDGE Dies at 73

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Channel: CelebrityTV · 2015 · Entertainment

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Percy Sledge, the R&B belter whose biggest hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman," became a cornerstone of soul music, died Tuesday, April 14. He was 73. 

Sledge died of natural causes in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He had been in hospice care for cancer.

In a career that started in the 1960s, his first and biggest hit was "When a Man Loves a Woman," whih it No. 1 in May 1966. Sledge was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2005.

Rest In Peace Percy Sledge..your hits will leave on...

Yours truly,

CelebrityTV


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