LOS ANGELES (AP) – Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau has died in a Los Angeles hospital just days after announcing his retirement from touring due to exhaustion.
His official Twitter account and website say he died early Sunday. He was 76.
#ALJarreau passed away this morning He was in the hospital, kept , kept comfortable by his wife, son, and a few of his family and friends. pic.twitter.com/8S6ozLvfKZ
— Al Jarreau (@AlJarreau) February 12, 2017
We ask that no flowers or gifts are sent. A donation page has been set up https://t.co/y3SOBIZI4O
For Wisconsin Foundation for School Music pic.twitter.com/NaBzqNJciQ
— Al Jarreau (@AlJarreau) February 12, 2017
Jarreau was hospitalized earlier in the week and was said to have been improving slowly.
The Wisconsin native has won seven Grammys over a 50-year career. His biggest single was 1981’s “We’re in This Love Together.” Jarreau was a vocalist on the all-star 1985 track, “We Are the World,” and sang the theme to TV’s “Moonlighting.”
He is one of the few artists to have won Grammys in three separate categories – jazz, pop and R&B.
Jarreau is survived by his wife, Susan, and a son, Ryan.
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