Angie Stone died Saturday at the age of 63. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
Famed R&B singer Angie Stone has died at the age of 63.
Her publicist, Yvonne Forbes, told CNN that Stone was in a sprinter van Saturday morning, traveling from Alabama after a Friday night performance, to Georgia, where she had another show. Advertisement
“Angie Stone’s voice and spirit will live on forever in the hearts of those she touched,” Forbes said in a statement. “Details regarding memorial services will be announced by the family in due course.”
TMZ said eight other people, including Stone’s crew and backup singers, were hurt in the collision, but Stone was the only fatality.
Stone began her career as a member of the hip-hop trio, The Sequence, which released three albums: Sugarhill Presents the Sequence (1980), The Sequence (1982) and The Sequence Party (1983).
Along with Cheryl Cook and Gwendolyn Chisolm, Stone recorded the hits “Funk You Up,” “I Don’t Need Your Love” and “Control.”
The group broke up in 1985 and Stone went out on her own, singing the popular singles “No More Rain,” “More Than a Woman,” “U-Haul” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You.” Advertisement
She also sang the theme song for TV’s Girlfriends, and appeared in Moesha, The Hot Chick, Scary Movie V and Ride Along.
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David JohansenDavid Johansen arrives on the red carpet at the New York premiere of “Vinyl” at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on January 15, 2016. Johansen, the New York Dolls lead singer, who also performed under the name of Buster Poindexter, has died at the age of 75 on February 28. He had been sick with Stage 4 cancer, a brain tumor and a broken back. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
