Percy Sledge dead at 74.

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http://news.yahoo.com/percy-sledge-...0ZzE3BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVklQNDQzXzE-

 

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[video=youtube;vFxnUMdQsPw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxnUMdQsPw[/video]

 

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Tulessa said:

http://news.yahoo.com/percy-sledge-...0ZzE3BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVklQNDQzXzE-

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Thanks for posting, Tulessa -- but very sad news. I have just heard and was coming here to post it myself.

Walden remembers soul legend Sledge as ‘one special guy’

...Sledge, 74, probably best known for his classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday in Louisiana from natural causes while in hospice care. ...

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more at: http://www.macon.com/2015/04/14/3694108/walden-remembers-soul-legend-sledge.html


http://www.13wmaz.com/story/entertainment/2015/04/14/percy-sledge-dies-at-74/25762721/

http://www.13wmaz.com/videos/news/local/macon/2015/04/14/25763999/



A bit more than a year ago, he did an outdoor concert in a small venue in Macon. (For those who followed the Lauren Giddings case, it was in Washington Park, where "Lauren's bench" is located.) I didn't get to go, but my daughter and one of my nieces did. I'm really glad they got to hear him. I would have loved to! See my third link above for some brief clips from that concert and some interesting back story.

Rest in peace, Percy.

 

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Percy singing "When A Man Loves A Woman" at the aforementioned Macon concert in 2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MWBRp8qR1k


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XPRmLeyIlw

 

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PS covers Procol Harum tune and of course makes it his own.

[video=youtube;P04QGS78QdQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P04QGS78QdQ[/video]

 

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I ran my CD over and over all day since hearing the news...in Percy's honor.
Remembering Percy Sledge, 1940-2015
http://www.katc.com/story/28804723/remembering-percy-sledge-1940-2015
Rest in peace, Percy. You did GOOD.

 

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When A Man Loves A Womanhttp://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=673, 1966. [songfacts.com]

 

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Percy Sledge, the soul singer who belted out the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman," died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tuesday morning. The cause of death was liver cancer, his manager Steve Green tells Rolling Stone. He was 74.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-b-great-percy-sledge-dead-at-74-20150414

 

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Tulessa said:

Percy Sledge, the soul singer who belted out the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman," died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tuesday morning. The cause of death was liver cancer, his manager Steve Green tells Rolling Stone. He was 74.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-b-great-percy-sledge-dead-at-74-20150414

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Uh.. again? Percy Sledge died last year...

 

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April 14,2015.