Legendary soul and R&B singer
Betty Wright
has passed away on Sunday. She was 66.
The news was confirmed by the singer's niece. According to a report, the singer took her last breath at her
Miami
home after battling cancer.
Last week,
American
singer
Chaka Khan
had tweeted, "Calling all my #PrayWarriors | My beloved sister, Betty Wright @MsBettyWright, is now in need of all your prays. “Que Sera, Sera | Whatever Will Be, Will Be” In Jesus Name We Pray for Sister Betty. All My Love Chaka"
Born as Bessie Regina Norris hailed from Miami and garnered attention in the 1970s even though she had been a singer of her siblings' musical group the 'Echoes of Joy'.
At the age of 17, her signature song '
Clean Up Woman
' written by Clarence Reid received a lot of love and appreciation from the audience! It became one of the top songs and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks!
Known for songs like 'Tonight Is the Night', 'No Pain, No Gain', 'Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do' and 'Clean Up Woman', the singer had won the Best R&B Song Grammy award for composing 'Where Is the Love'.
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