Peabo Bryson 'has suffered a stroke and is currently under medical care,' a representative for the famed singer said Sunday.
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R&B Legend Peabo Bryson Suffers Stroke at 75
Peabo Bryson 'has suffered a stroke and is currently under medical care,' a representative for the famed singer said Sunday.Relatives of Bryson, 75, are asking ...
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Relatives of Bryson, 75, are asking for 'privacy as they navigate this deeply personal moment together,' the vocalist's rep told Variety in a statement Sunday.
The rep said that 'thoughts, prayers and love of friends and fans are welcomed and deeply appreciated' amid the latest health crisis.
It comes more than seven years after the singer suffered what was described as a .
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The Greenville, South Carolina-born musical artist is best known for a pair of classic 90s Disney duet ballads: Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion; and , A Whole New World with Regina Belle.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Bryson for further comment on the story.
Peabo Bryson, 75, 'has suffered a stroke and is currently under medical care,' a representative for the famed singer said Sunday. Pictured in Michigan last year
The Greenville, South Carolina-born musical artist is best known for a pair of classic 90s Disney duet ballads including Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion
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Bryson and Dion seen performing Beauty and the Beast at the 1992 American Music Awards
Bryson is a two-time Award winner, having taken the honors for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1992 and 1994 for his work on the aforementioned tracks.
Other notable tracks from the vocalist include 1997's As Long as There's Christmas with the late Roberta Flack; 1993's By the Time This Night Is Over with Kenny G and 1987's Without You with Belle.
last fall, opened up about his mindset as he marked 50 years in the music industry, which he said crept up on him.
'You don’t think of it in terms of time when you’re in it,' Bryson said. 'You’re doing it when it’s happening. You just do what your inherent nature tells you to do. I chose this job, this profession.'
Bryson said he pursued a life as a performer after watching 'artists who look like me in the height of segregation transcend racism, politics, religion, and every other social malaise this country was suffering at that time.'
The singer said that musicians in that time 'galvanized people' as they 'had everybody standing, saying the same thing, giving each other the same message, not worrying about who’s what and where’s what.
'It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. And it’s what I now do – it’s my goal. Every time I go on stage to recreate that one moment, to fellowship with everyone who has showed up in that arena, every single night.'
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