Atribute to Teddy Pendergrass

The recent passing on of music legend, Teddy Pendergrass, aka TP, most certainly marked the end of an era.

According to Wikipedia, TP was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on March 26, 1950, and died on January 13. Like most African-Americans of his time, he was brought up in a Christian family and 'the church was his initiation for talent and eventual success'.

I was introduced to this icon a long time ago by my aunt Bosaitseweng Kebonang who used to talk about the 'black American' singer who was such a good performer that young women always threw their underwear on stage whenever he performed. Naturally,  I was curious about the fact that the artist could make people or in this case young women lose their minds and I thought he was a great artist to be able to do that. My aunt knew so much about TP that she was one of those saddened when the man got confined to a wheelchair after a horrific car accident that left his spinal cord paralysed on March 18, 1982.

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