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Thread started 01/06/06 8:07am

butterfli25

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Lou Rawls....

LOS ANGELES - Grammy Award-winning singer

Lou Rawls has died of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 72.

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The velvet-voiced singer started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums. He won three

Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres.

Rawls died this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was hospitalized last month.
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Reply #1 posted 01/06/06 8:08am

brownsugar

when i was on my way to work they were just talking about him and praying for him to get better sad
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Reply #2 posted 01/06/06 8:08am

IAintTheOne

from what i can remember he smoked like a chimney. Rip Lou you up there now with some "Groovy people" smile
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Reply #3 posted 01/06/06 8:12am

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They were just talking about him on the Tom Joyner Morning Show.




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RIP Lou
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Reply #4 posted 01/06/06 8:12am

applekisses

Oh no! He's one of my mom's favorite singers...such an amazing voice sad RIP Lou...

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Reply #5 posted 01/06/06 8:13am

Mach

sad fit sad

damn ...


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Reply #6 posted 01/06/06 8:15am

Anxiety

we've started a sticky in the non-prince music forum:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/173254

thanks,
anx



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Reply #7 posted 01/06/06 8:15am

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