Pendergrass dies after cancer battle
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January 15, 2010, Friday
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TEDDY Pendergrass died on Wednesday at age 59.
Pendergrass became a sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a car accident that left him paralyzed.
The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at a hospital in Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery," his son said.
"To all his fans who loved his music, thank you," his son said. "He will live on through his music."
Pendergrass, the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum albums, suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed 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."
Pendergrass gained popularity first as a member of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
Pendergrass became a sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a car accident that left him paralyzed.
The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at a hospital in Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery," his son said.
"To all his fans who loved his music, thank you," his son said. "He will live on through his music."
Pendergrass, the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum albums, suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed 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."
Pendergrass gained popularity first as a member of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
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