| Lou Rawls died Friday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 72. Rawls was born on Dec. 1, 1933 in Chicago. The velvet-voiced singer started as a church choirboy and went on to win three Grammys and sell more than 40 million albums in a career that spanned nearly five decades. His 1976 hit "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" topped the R&B charts and hit No. 2 on the pop charts. The singer was as well-known for his charitable activities as he was for his smooth four-octave range. He founded the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon, which raised millions of dollars for the United Negro College Fund. Rawls was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2004 and brain cancer in May 2005, according to the Associated Press. |
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