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RIP Percy Sledge

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:09 pm
by Bob Juch
He lost his battle with cancer.

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB/AP) - Soul musician Percy Sledge, known for the classic 1966 hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" died Tuesday morning at his Baton Rouge home. He was 74 years old.

Re: RIP Percy Sledge

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:28 pm
by SpacemanSpiff
That was one of the first hits that came out of the Muscle Shoals music scene.

Re: RIP Percy Sledge

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:46 pm
by triviawayne
Welcome to 2015...

Re: RIP Percy Sledge

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:53 pm
by silverscreenselect
Bob Juch wrote:He lost his battle with cancer.

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB/AP) - Soul musician Percy Sledge, known for the classic 1966 hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" died Tuesday morning at his Baton Rouge home. He was 74 years old.
Sledge joins a growing list of celebrities including Jean Stapleton, Leslie Nielsen, Don Knotts, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco who are, in fact, dead.

Re: RIP Percy Sledge

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:27 pm
by TheConfessor

Re: RIP Percy Sledge

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:56 pm
by jaybee
At least he made it to age 75 this time around