Charles Bradley dies of stomach cancer
It is with a
heavy heart that we announce the passing of Charles Bradley. Thank you for your
thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” a statement reads as Owojela’s
Blog reports.
The deceased
disclosed that he was cancelling his tours in the US, South America and Europe
earlier in September due to health complications with the hope of coming back
better, but that wasn't meant to be.
“When I come
back, I’ll come back strong, with God’s love. With God’s will, I’ll be back
soon,” Bradley said in an earlier address to fans prior to his passing.
The late
singer who drew a lot of comparison to another dead music legend, James Brown
discovered himself while attending the concert of the latter.
He revealed
in a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone that seeing brown's performance at the
Apollo Theater in 1962 encouraged him to want to be become like him.
“When they
called James Brown on stage, I’ll never forget they had this purple light and
yellow light – my two favorite colors. And when they introduced him, he came
flying on the stage on one leg and I said, ‘What in the hell is this?’
“And I was
mesmerized. I was just gone. I was just shocked. Shocked. I said, ‘Wow. I wanna
be something like that.’”
It was only
many years after, 1996 specifically that he scored a chance at fame. This was
after meeting Gabriel Roth, a co-founder of Daptone Records who discovered him
at one of his performances at a local club and introduced him to future
opportunities.
Before
calling time on earth, Bradley was able to release three studio albums,
"No Time for Dreaming" (2011), "Victim of Love" (2013) and
"Changes" (2016). He was indeed a late bloomer.
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