Legendary Teddy Pendergrass Dies @ 59

I just learned this morning soul singer Teddy Pendergrass died on January 13, 2010 at the age of 59 following “a difficult recovery” from colon cancer surgery.

Teddy Pendergrass II said his father died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia.

My mom loved her some Teddy Pendergrass… She wore me out with his hit single “Wake Up Everbody” and “Close The Door”.

For you youngin’s out there who don’t know about Mr. Pendergrass, let’s just say he was the man.

“He was the, OOH SO FINE, lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes in the 1970s before embarking on a successful solo career at the end of the decade.”

When Teddy belted out a tune, all the ladies panties were moist, he was Mr. Casanova.

“On March 18, 1982, in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on Lincoln Drive, Pendergrass was involved in an automobile accident when the brakes failed on his Rolls Royce car and he hit a tree. Pendergrass and his passenger, Tenika Watson, a "transsexual" nightclub performer with whom Pendergrass was casually acquainted, were trapped in the wreckage for 45 minutes. While Ms. Tenika walked away from the accident with minor injuries, Pendergrass suffered a spinal cord injury leaving him paralyzed from the waist down."

Mr. Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass Sr. aka Teddy P, TP, or Teddy Bear, you will be missed.

Legendary Teddy Pendergrass Dies @ 59