R&B Crooner Luther Vandross Dies at 54

[ZuraX]

AP - Fri Jul 1, 7:46 PM ET
NEW YORK - Grammy award winner Luther Vandross, whose deep, lush voice on such hits as "Here and Now" and "Any Love" sold more than 25 million albums while providing the romantic backdrop for millions of couples worldwide, died Friday. He was 54. Vandross died at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, N.J., said hospital spokesman Rob Cavanaugh. He did not release the cause of death but said in a statement that Vandross "never really recovered from" a stroke two years ago

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[dgridley]

Young man at 54.. shame.

 

[hbalagh]

I just heard about this... Such a great performer

 

[se]

R.I.P Luther

 

[StudioWorks]

Aww man i really liked him. Too bad RIP Luther.

 

[Dave_Z]

Prayers go to him and his family. And to think I was listening to one of my
fave songs from him, the one where he did a duet with Kenny G!

 

[PoorDoggie]

I heard about this in my shop on the radio today! Poor him, never knew about him, but it is a shame to die at 54!

 

[Sabre]

Sad, sad news

May Luther rest in peace, and may our prayers be with family and friends of his...

 

[DJ_Guvana]

R.I.P Luther, im really upset about this, i really liked the man, i have faith that god has him in his kindom.

My message: ' I remember Luther from when i was 4 my mom used to listen to him, i will miss you and hope that you live in peace.


Regards

 

[komp]

Legend

 

[Mark]

Sad news indeed - He was a Great Singer / SongWriter ~ RIP

 

[BuLLDoG]

What a legend, one of my all time fav performers!

 

[ThreeD]

I read about it, such sad sad news. He had great talent and some of his music was awesome..