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'What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others'. Pericles (495 - 429 b.c.)
2025
february 2025
jerry butler
b. Jerry Butler Jnr., 8th December 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi, U.S.A.
d. 20th February 2025, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
The American Soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician has died. He was 85.
Jerry died from Parkinson's disease at his home in Chicago on the 20th of February 2025.
His wife Annette, (originally one of his backup singers), died in 2019.
After his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Impressions), it was suggested Jerry also deserved a second induction as a solo artist, following his later successful career as a recording artist and songwriter.
In his later life, Jerry served as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, between 1985 and 2018.
jerry butler page at soulwalking
gwen mccrae
b. Gwen Mosley, 21st December 1943, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A.
d. 21st February 2025, Lake City, Florida, U.S.A.
The American Soul singer, (best known for her 1975 hit ‘Rockin' Chair’). Gwen McCrae, has died. Gwen was 81.
During June 2012, after performing on stage in England, she had a stroke which resulted in paralysis on the left side of her body and the inability to walk.
gwen mccrae page at soulwalking
january 2025
brenton wood (1941-2025)
brenton wood page at soulwalking
sam moore (1935-2025)
sam and dave page at soulwalking
2024
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