Lean on Me Singer -Bill Withers is Died
Bill Withers, the soul singer behind 1970s hits like “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died on Monday in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 81. Mr. Withers, a three-time Grammy winner. According to The Association Press, his family said he died of a heart complication. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved, devoted husband and father,” the family’s statement said. “A solitary man with a heart driven to connect to the world at large, with his poetry and music, he spoke honestly to people and connected them to each other.” After his de facto retirement from recording , he released his last album in 1985, after many battles with music industry executives. Mr. Withers entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 by Stevie Wonder.