Peabo Bryson, the iconic R&B singer known for “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World,” died days after having a stroke, his family announced.
WASHINGTON — Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B singer behind “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World,” has died. He was 75.
Bryson died a few days after he had a stroke and was “under medical care.”
The family said he died around 5 p.m. ET Tuesday while surrounded by “the love of his family and those closest to him,” the family told Variety.
“In this deeply difficult moment,
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