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undergroundrailroad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 12:36 PM
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Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls dies of cancer in LA at age 72

Lou Rawls

Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls dies of cancer in LA at 72

By JEFF WILSON, Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 6, 2006

(01-06) 08:16 PST Los Angeles (AP) --

Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums and win three Grammys in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres, has died, his publicist said. He was 72.

Rawls died early Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, his publicist Paul Shefrin said. His wife Nina was at his bedside when he died, Shefrin said.

The family and Shefrin said Rawls was 72, although other records indicate he was 70.

Rawls' voice was his inimitable trademark.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 02:16 PM
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1. One of the best!
:cry:
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 02:39 PM
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2. R.I.P. Lou
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 07:24 PM
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3. RIP Lou Rawls
You were a good man.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 10:41 AM
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4. Fabulous singer!


I thought that I read that he was in the process of getting a divorce from his wife.

Is she African American?
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blazinjason Donating Member (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 05:09 AM
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5. Loved his smooth voice.
Rest in peace Lou. O8)
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-18-06 01:40 AM
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6. He will be missed...
Peace and blessings Mr. Rawls.
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