Barry White has sadly passed away

[K-Bee]

Legendary soul / disco singer and songwriter Barry White has died.
Barry White suffered from kidney failure caused of high bloodpressure through out the last couple of years.
He was hospitalized at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, Los Angeles and recently underwent a kidney transplant.

He was 58.

Barry White have had a huge impact on me ever since i discovered him in the mid 80's and i'm truly sad to realize that he's not with us anymore.

R.I.P. Barry White - you'll be missed by many.

[suzanne]

:( This is sad beyond words!! I loved his music and his sense of Style!! The Man was the king of Smooth and Cooliness!! He will Definally be missed !! RIP - Barry!!

[timster]

I still get tons of requests for "Cant Get Enough Of Your Love".

That is a definite baby-making jam. His deep sultry voice was truly unique and will be missed.

[Adam]

Wow. I thought I heard he was sick a while back, but I didn't think it was that serious. RIP Barry!

[timster]

*A PRIVATE SERVICE WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE LEGENDARY BARRY WHITE -- ASIDE FROM HIS HONEY & MOLASSES VOICE, HIS DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC WAS HIS GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR -- A LONGTIME FRIEND SAYS "HE WAS THE FUNNIEST GUY I EVER MET, BUT MOST OF THE TIME, IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL" -- BARRY WAS NOT MAKING A JOKE WHEN HE SAID "I DON'T CHEAT ON MY WOMAN. I BELIEVE IN STAYING MONOTONOUS" (HE MEANT "MONOGAMOUS") -- 2 YEARS AGO, HE SPOKE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY, AND OFFERED SOME ADVICE TO THE MEN IN THE AUDIENCE:

-- HE SAID "WOMEN APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU GO SLOW AND TAKE YOUR TIME. DON'T BE ONE OF THOSE '2-PUMP CHUMPS'" -- (AT THE TIME, HE REPORTEDLY HAD A WIFE, A GIRLFRIEND, PLUS HE'D JUST FATHERED A CHILD WITH ONE OF HIS FANS! -- DOESN'T SOUND VERY 'MONOTONOUS')

[timster]

A public memorial for R&B great Barry White has been planned for early August, his family said.

The event will combine a celebration of the singer's life with the dedication of a public recreation center in his name. The exact date has not been set.

A private memorial service was held Tuesday in Los Angeles.

"We wish to extend our thanks to everyone who has offered expressions of sympathy and love for our father, husband and brother," his family said in a written statement Monday. "Your kind words of support and encouragement mean more than we can say and have helped to sustain the family during this difficult time."

The family said the South Park Recreation Center will be renamed after White, who grew up in that section of Los Angeles.

The singer, who had kidney failure from years of high blood pressure, died July 4 at 58. He'd been undergoing dialysis and had been hospitalized since a September stroke.

White's popularity reached a peak in the 1970s, but he enjoyed a resurgence in the late '90s when his songs were featured on the Fox series "Ally McBeal."

[timster]

Barry White's ashes were scattered in a ceremony at sea this week and Michael Jackson was said to be among the mourners on a yacht off the California coast.