The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery." Before the crash, Pendergrass established a new era of R&B with ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Yesterday (Wed., Jan. 13), soul legend Teddy Pendergrass died in ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up After rumors circulated claiming that Legendary R&B ...

There was plenty of “Joy” in Center City over the weekend as the late Philly soul music legend Teddy Pendergrass received a special honor from his hometown. On Saturday, the 400 block of South Broad ...

There was plenty of "Joy" in Center City over the weekend as the late Philly soul music legend Teddy Pendergrass received a special honor from his hometown. On Saturday, July 27, 2025, the 400 block ...

NEW YORK - Legendary singer Teddy Pendergrass, dead after a long illness at age 59, spent his last 28 years in a wheelchair, left to wonder what life might have been like had a car crash not ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B's reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Teddy Pendergrass, the Philadelphia soul singer whose husky, potent baritone was one definition of R&B seduction in the 1970s but ...

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

Teddy Pendergrass, a leading R&B pop singer of the 70s, died Wednesday of colon cancer. A sex symbol of his era, the velvety-voiced soul singer rose to fame as leader of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ...

NEW YORK — R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, who had been one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years ago left him in a wheelchair, has died of colon cancer. He was ...