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Angie Stone has handed away, she was solely 63.
Particulars surrounding her loss of life are nonetheless scarce, however movie star gossip website TMZ obtained affirmation of her passing as the results of a horrific automobile crash that additionally concerned 9 different people from her rep Deborah R. Champagne.
Per TMZ:
The late star’s rep Deborah R. Champagne tells TMZ … Angie left a efficiency in Montgomery, Alabama early Saturday morning when she was killed in a automobile crash. No different particulars are recognized at this level.
Deborah tells us she simply spoke to Angie final night time … and the information has rocked and devastated family and friends.
Angie Stone, born Angela Laverne Brown on December 18, 1961, in Columbia, South Carolina, emerged onto the music scene as a member of The Sequence, the primary all-female group signed to Sugar Hill Information. They might go on to launch three albums from 1979 and 1985. Their music “Funk You Up” would go on to be sampled in quite a few tracks, notably Dr Dre’s “Maintain Their Heads Ringin” and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.”
Stone would take her act the solo route within the 90s, dropping her debut gold album Black Diamond. Two years later she would drop “Want I Didn’t Miss You Anymore.”
Stone was additionally recognized for her contributions to D’Angelo’s albums Brown Sugar and Voodoo, additionally they share a 12-year-old son Michael. Stone additionally has a daughter named Diamond and two grandchildren.
Social Media Is Shocked
The three-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Soul Practice Girl of Soul Award recipient’s surprising loss of life is sparking tributes throughout social media.
“Relaxation in paradise Angie Stone. We’re dropping too many legends,” the caption for a put up on X, previously Twitter learn that includes a clip of Stone sing within the movie The Combating Temptations.
“Rattling. Life is so fragile man,” one other consumer wrote.
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