Singer Lou Rawls Dies at 72
01.06.2006, 10:57 AM
Grammy Award-winning singer Lou Rawls has died of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 72.
The velvet-voiced singer started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums. He won three Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres.
Rawls died this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was hospitalized last month.
RIP Lou
Whenever a boy comes you should always have something baking.
You'll never find...
Damn. The day finally came, BSG.
Originally Posted by C&CDean
yeah, its weird now that it has.
Great pipes. Great guy. RIP.
Lou Rawls 1935-2006
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever they can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser; in fees, expenses and waste of time." -- Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) Lawyer and President who saved the United States.
"Without opportunities on the part of the poor to obtain expert legal advice, it is idle to talk of equality before the law"-- Justice Chas. Evans Hughes
Dang, now who's gonna pimp that life insurance where you only have to put nickels in your jar on the dresser?
That album "Rock and Roll Animal" was the best!
Posse resident guru on police brutality, Lady Gaga and lawnmower repair parts
as long as you live...
Yep, that's the first thing I thought of. She's going to be beside herself.
Maybe this is where she's been all this time!
RIP Lou.
Someone who loves you, tender like I do.
He was a great promoter of the UNCF too.
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever they can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser; in fees, expenses and waste of time." -- Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) Lawyer and President who saved the United States.
"Without opportunities on the part of the poor to obtain expert legal advice, it is idle to talk of equality before the law"-- Justice Chas. Evans Hughes
One of the best voices ever. Sad day.
Well, thank goodness he died, then. BSG can transfer her nursing skillz to stanley.
Yep.One of the best voices ever. Sad day.
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
Sux. I saw him in Tulsa several years ago. Dude still had the pipes.
I'm not braggin on myself, baby, but there's no one else.
I got a bad mustache
a recurring rash
and not a lot of cash.
I spend it on my stash.
Man it's good to be a geek!
Hate to break it to you BSG....
Why do you think she's been gone so long?
Idiot.
Sweetest, smoovest pimp ever.
Very sad.
You guys don't think I bad karmatized him, do you? I'd hate to think I had anything to do it...
No ma'am. That old witch Cancer is a wicked bitch. Lou's no longer in her evil clutches and he's not hurting anymore.
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever they can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser; in fees, expenses and waste of time." -- Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) Lawyer and President who saved the United States.
"Without opportunities on the part of the poor to obtain expert legal advice, it is idle to talk of equality before the law"-- Justice Chas. Evans Hughes
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