R.i.P Teddy

I hate writing about death, but this r&b singer's passing was just too much to take lightly. Pendergrass was only 59 when he died of colon cancer yesterday, in surburban Philadelphia, where he had been hospitalized for months. He had been an incredible sex symbol with such hits as "It Don't Hurt Now", "Love T.K.O" and "Close the Door" until a car crash in 1982 left him paralyzed from the waist down. His sex symbol status had been replaced with that of a role model; an inspiration. He was a man that exemplified eroticism, without coarse language, and his music will live on forever.