Soul Singer Teddy Pendergrass Dies at 59

Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died. Pendergrass’s son said the 59-year-old died Wednesday night at Bryn Mawr Hospital after a “difficult recovery” from colon cancer surgery 8 months ago.

Pendergrass began his music career as a drummer with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1969. He became the frontman of the band in 1971. They’re hits include The Love I Lost and I Had the Blues.

In 1976, Pendergrass started his solo career and became the first black male singer to have five consecutive muti-platinum albums. His hits include If You Don’t Know Me By Now and Turn Off the Lights.

Pendergrass was left paralyzed from the waist down after a 1982 car accident.

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