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Bill Withers , the 1970s, acclaimed soul singer behind hits Ain T No Sunshine and Lean On Me, died of heart complications at the Age Of 81, His Family said.

The Singer died on Monday in Los Angeles , The Family told the Associated Press .

she described driven him in a statement as "a lonely man with a heart, a connection to The World ".

"He spoke honestly to the people and linked them to each other," The Statement said.

Known for his smooth baritone vocals and a lush soul arrangements, he wrote some of the best 70s-a reminder of the songs, including Just The Two Of Us, Lovely Day and Use Me .

a Beautiful day, he has the record for the longest sustained note on a U.S. chart hit, with a high E for 18 seconds.

Though he stopped recording in 1985, his songs remained a major impact on the R& B and hip-hop.

His track grandma's hands was sampled on Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and Eminem Just The Two Of Us interpreted his hits 1997 Bonnie And Clyde.

"Lean On Me" has support recently in connection with the Corona-Virus-pandemic with many people posting their own versions to the health of the workers.

"We Are devastated by The Loss of our beloved, devoted husband and father," said Withers' family in a statement.

"With his poetry and music, he spoke honestly to the people and bandage them together.

"As" private life, how he lived, close and intimate family and friends, his music for always The World . In this difficult time, we pray for his music to be comfort and entertainment offers-fans-hold on to love. "

US musician Chance The Rapper led the tributes, describing The Singer as "The Greatest ", and Recalling some of his own personal memories.

the Rock Star and actor Lenny Kravitz wrote that his "voice, songs and overall an expression of love gave us hope and Strength ".

he was listening to "very sad, about Bill Withers death" - called him a "Songwriter 's Songwriter " - while that "life would not be the same without him" and his music.

And BBC Radio 2 is The Star 's music "was a cure for this nonsensical times."

"He was a brilliant singer/Songwriter . Can't listen to Bill without feeling too emotional. "

Born in 1938, withers was the youngest of six children. His father died when he was a child and he grew up with His Mother and grandmother.

His entry to The World of music, came too late - at the Age Of 29 - After a nine-year stint in the Navy

He taught himself to play the guitar-between shifts at his job making toilet seats for the Boeing aircraft company, and used to pay his wages for studio sessions in LA.

"I have not found out that you need to accompany a virtuoso yourself,"

He recorded his first album, As I Am , with Booker T Jones in 1970. It is the sad ballad Ain't No Sunshine included, that earned him his first Grammy award the following year.

He scored another million-selling hit with "Lean On Me" in 1972.

gospel-colored and inspiring, The Song began to grow on the basis of his experiences in a West Virginia coal mining town: When times were hard, neighbours help and support, and The Memory lend to each other tightly with The Singer .

It was later performed at the inaugurations of both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton .

But the withers finish at The Top , to walk away from his career, After he had a pop hit with Just The Two Of Us, although he occasionally toured with Grover Washington, Jr-in the 1990s.

As a Younger Man , he suffered with a debilitating stutter, and in the year 2015, a benefit concert for the stuttering Association For The young.

in the same year, withers was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, and when asked how it felt, he joked, "It's like a pre-obituary!"

in Spite of his influence on generations of musicians, he did not pursue music After his career ended.

"These Days ," He Said in 2015 "I knew a pop chart and a Pop-Tart. "

But he was aware that his compositions had become part of the fabric of The Music .

"What are a few songs that I wrote during my short career, it's not a genre that someone is taking in," "I'm not a virtuoso, but I was able to write songs that people could identify with. "

"The hardest thing in songwriting is simple yet profound," agreed Sting in "Still Bill " a documentary film about the Withering career", and Bill seemed to understand, intrinsically and instinctively, How To do that"

He is Survived By his wife, Marcia, and children, Todd and Kori.

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