Iconic musician Percy Sledge died at age 74 on April 14. The Associated Press reports (via ABC News) that East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. William "Beau" Clark says the singer died of natural ...

Percy Sledge on tour in 1974. Reproduced under Creative Commons License. R&B singer Percy Sledge passed away in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, Tuesday morning at the age of 74 after a battle with liver cancer ...

Percy Sledge, the voice behind the legendary soul track "When A Man Loves a Woman," has died, his representatives at Artists International Management confirmed Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

Percy Sledge had plenty of big records, but nothing compared to 1966's "When a Man Loves a Woman," his first single, first hit and lasting legacy. The song stands as the pinnacle of deep Southern soul ...

Percy Sledge, the R&B singer whose golden voice powered the 1966 classic “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died today of liver cancer at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. “‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ is ...

Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...

Legendary soul singer Percy Sledge passed away this morning in his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reports ABC News. He was 73. The Alabama native is best known for his song “When a Man Loves a Woman, ...

Percy Sledge, the Alabama-born soul balladeer whose emotional, pleading style propelled “When a Man Loves a Woman” to the top of the pop and rhythm-and-blues and charts in 1966 and made the song one ...

But what a hit it was for Sledge, who died Tuesday at his Baton Rouge home at the age of 74. It soared to No. 1 on both the pop and R&B charts in 1966, and he rode it to a music career that lasted ...