R&B singer Angela Bofill has died. She was 70 years previous.
On Friday, June 14, a rep for the performer, whose hits embody “This Time I am going to Be Sweeter,” “I Attempt,” and “Angel of the Evening,” instructed PEOPLE she died Thursday morning at her daughter’s residence in Vallejo, Calif.
Information of her dying was additionally shared on the artist’s personal Facebook account in two separate posts on Friday.
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“ON BEHALF OF MY DEAR FRIEND ANGIE, I AM SADDENED TO ANNOUNCE HER PASSING ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 13TH,” the primary publish learn, including that her funeral will probably be held at St. Dominick’s Church in California on June 28 at 1 p.m.
A second replace added, “JUST TO CLEAR UP THE CONFUSION. ON BEHALF OF SHAUNA BOFILL, HUSBAND CHRIS PORTUGUESE, WE ARE SADDENED BUT MUST REPORT THAT THE PASSING OF ANGELA YESTERDAY IS INDEED TRUE. WE THANK MELBA MOORE AND MAYSA FOR THEIR EARLY CONDOLENCES. THANKs FOR YOUR MANY POST.”
The message was signed by her pal and supervisor, Wealthy Engel.
In a December 2020 interview with Essence journal, Bofill opened up about her life and profession after rumors of her dying had circulated on-line simply months berfore.
Laughing on the time, the “I’m on Your Facet” singer stated she discovered in regards to the dying hoax after she obtained “numerous calls confirming [if] it’s true.”
“Pals calling up, ‘Oh my God, am I speaking to the ghost of Angela Bofill?’ Thank God it’s not true,” she instructed the outlet.
When requested the way it felt to see the tributes pouring in, she replied, “You at all times should welcome love.”
“I figured, ‘They actually like me!’ [I’m just] laughing at it, actually. It’s higher to have a humorousness,” the performer continued.
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She added that she had a will to stay with a purpose to see her grandchildren graduate from highschool and school.
Rumors of Bofill’s dying in 2020 adopted earlier well being issues after the singer had two strokes in 2006 and 2007.
Chatting with The Denver Post in 2011 after a five-year hiatus to concentrate on her well being, Bofill stated she was blissful to be again.
“I really feel blissful performing once more,” Bofill says. “I want crowd. Within the blood, entertain. Any time a crowd involves see me, I’m stunned. No sing no extra and nonetheless folks come. Wow. Impressed,” she instructed the publication.
Engel additionally spoke with the Publish on the time, recalling Bofill’s profession through the Nineteen Seventies and ‘80s.
“She had a uncommon voice,” he stated of his consumer and pal. “She may hit low notes and will hit excessive C. Her pitch was excellent.”
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Whereas discussing issues from her stroke, resembling studying to stroll once more and her voice not being fairly the identical, Bofill nonetheless remained optimistic.
“However my voice no sing. I fairly not sing. Terrible. Crack me up! Humorous! I giggle about it. However very grateful — nonetheless dwelling. By no means take issues with no consideration,” she stated.
Bowfill started recording in her teenagers and launched her first studio album, Angie, in 1978. She continued recording new albums into the Nineteen Nineties. A few of her different hit singles embody “One thing About You,” “I am on Your Facet,” “Let Me Be the One,” and “I Simply Wanna Cease.”
