The R&B world has been rocked by tragedy in 2025.

From legends and icons to stars gone far too young, it has been a heartbreaking year.

The following is a look back at those lost so far:

Randy Brown

Randy Brown joined sadly joined the long list of those who died on March 5, according to multiple reports.

He was 72.

Brown may not have enjoyed the commercial success that some of the other legendary R&B performers who have died this year did, but he was a popular singer in the 1970s and 1980s.

SoulTracks.com reported Brown’s death and wrote that “for those who love their smooth, sensual, and stepped in Southern tradition, Randy Brown was a name worth knowing.”

The site said Brown got started with the group The Newcomers but made his biggest mark as a solo act. The site said he began

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