Teddy Pendergrass 1950-2010Famed 1970’s and 80’s R&B and soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died. A family member reports that the famed musician died on Wednesday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia, having never fully recovered from colon cancer surgery eight months ago. He was 59.
Pendergrass began his career in the early 70s when he became the lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Their hits included “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” and “I Miss You.” In 1975 he quit the band and launched a successful solo career with a string of love ballads that included “I Don’t Love You Anymore”, “Close the Door”, “Turn Off the Lights”, and “Love TKO”.
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