Bill Withers, singer of 'Lean on Me' and 'Ain't No Sunshine,' dies at 81

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Bill Withers, whose soulful songs from the 1970s such as "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine" became classics, has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81.
The singer-songwriter who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 died on Monday in Los Angeles, the statement said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bill-withers-singer-lean-me-ain-t-no-sunshine-dies-n1175956
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OH!   I absolutely LOVED those songs.   Whenever they came over the radio in the car...I'd be singing along at the top of my lungs.

R.I.P. Bill!
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