respect 2025...
'What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others'. Pericles (495 - 429 b.c.)
2025
march 2025
february 2025
chris jasper
b. Christopher Howard Jasper, 30th December 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
d. 23rd February 2025, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
The American singer, composer, and producer, Christopher Howard Jasper, has died. He was 73.
Chris died on the 23rd of February 2025, two months after being diagnosed with cancer. Chris had been in touch here in recent years.
He lived in New York with his wife of 40 years, Margie Jasper, a New York-based attorney and author. Margie sent me her husband’s latest songs.
Chris was a former member of the Isley Brothers and the trio Isley-Jasper-Isley.
He was part of the the Isley Brothers group between 1973 and 1983, and with Isley-Jasper-Isley between 1984 and 1987, before embarking on a successful solo career.
chris jasper page at soulwalking
roberta flack
b Roberta Cleopatra Flack, 10th February 1937, Black Mountain, North Carolina, U.S.A.
d. 24th February 2025, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.A.
Roberta Flack, American singer who topped the Billboard charts with the No. 1 singles ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song’ and ‘Feel Like Makin' Love’, has died. She was 88.
Roberta died at home alongside her family on the 24th of February 2025.
She had previously suffered a stroke and in 2018, she became ill at the Apollo Theater at a benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America.
Roberta left the stage, and was rushed to the Harlem Hospital Center.
In 2022, it was announced by a spokesperson that she had been diagnosed with ALS and had retired from performing. The illness had resulted in her being ‘impossible to sing’.
roberta flack page at soulwalking
jerry butler
b. Jerry Butler Jnr., 8th December 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi, U.S.A.
d. 20th February 2025, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
The American Soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician has died. He was 85.
Jerry died from Parkinson's disease at his home in Chicago on the 20th of February 2025.
His wife Annette, (originally one of his backup singers), died in 2019.
After his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Impressions), it was suggested Jerry also deserved a second induction as a solo artist, following his later successful career as a recording artist and songwriter.
In his later life, Jerry served as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, between 1985 and 2018.
jerry butler page at soulwalking
gwen mccrae
b. Gwen Mosley, 21st December 1943, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A.
d. 21st February 2025, Lake City, Florida, U.S.A.
The American Soul singer, (best known for her 1975 hit ‘Rockin' Chair’). Gwen McCrae, has died. Gwen was 81.
During June 2012, after performing on stage in England, she had a stroke which resulted in paralysis on the left side of her body and the inability to walk.
gwen mccrae page at soulwalking
january 2025
brenton wood (1941-2025)
brenton wood page at soulwalking
sam moore (1935-2025)
sam and dave page at soulwalking
2024
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