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Barry white dead

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  • 04-07-2003 10:31pm
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    Giblet
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    Velvet-voiced R&B crooner Barry White, renowned for his lush baritone and carnal lyrics that oozed sex appeal on songs such as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," died Friday morning, his manager said.

    White, who had suffered kidney failure from years of high blood pressure, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center around 9:30 a.m., said manager Ned Shankman. He was 58.

    White had been undergoing dialysis treatment and had been hospitalized since last September.

    His work epitomized seductive disco music, also known as "make out" music. The heavyset musician enjoyed three decades of fame for songs like "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" and "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me."

    White's canyon-deep, butter-smooth vocals and throbbing musical tempos emphasized his songs' sexually charged verbal foreplay. His 1975 song "Love Serenade" began with the purring, first-person lyrics: "I want you the way you came into the world/ I don't want to feel no clothes ..."


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    ah jebus, i thought there was some kind of joke that i was missing there:(
    rest in peace Barry, you'll be sorely missed.
    that guy sure knew how to make jiggy tunage


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    Señor Juárez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭Señor Juárez


    so. whats the joke?


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    there is no joke, i thought this was a pisstake at first.
    i wish it was:(


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    Mewzel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 943 ✭✭✭Mewzel


    that sucks! i cant believe it :(


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    ferdi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭ferdi


    a sad day for lovers everywhere.

    he'll be missed

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    R.I.P.


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    Tusky
    Registered Users Posts: 17,065 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    I was never a big fan but he was a brilliant talent , sad to see him go


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    Mossy Monk
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    it is such a shame to see the love doctor die at 58. i was asked a question about him tonight which i don't know

    how heavy was he?


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    i heard someone call him the 'love walrus' on 2fm yesterday, can't make up my mind if it was in good taste or not...


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    Mossy Monk
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    Originally posted by tman
    i heard someone call him the 'love walrus' on 2fm yesterday, can't make up my mind if it was in good taste or not...

    i heard an interviewer call him that to his face before and he didn't take any offence at all


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    LoneGunM@n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭LoneGunM@n


    Such a shame!!

    I'd say more kids were spawned to his tunes than anything else!!

    RIP


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    superconor
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    that does truely suck.
    the love walrus was an amazing singer.

    R.I.P


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    Señor Juárez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭Señor Juárez


    also, I was amazed to see his age in the paper. I knew he was around that age, its just a bit of an unusual one to die at


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