Teddy Pendergrass has died at the age of 59 following "a difficult
recovery" from colon cancer surgery.
Teddy Pendergrass II said his father had died at a hospital in Philadelphia.
He was paralysed from the waist down in a 1982 car accident. In 2001,
he went on his first tour since the accident.
Pendergrass enjoyed early success with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes,
whose hits included If You Don't Know Me By Now, before going solo in 1976.
He was the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum
albums in the US. Pendergrass, who has used a wheelchair since his
accident, made a return to live performance at the Live Aid concert in
Philadelphia in July 1985.
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
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Teddy Pendergrass - Where Did All The Lovin' Go
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