D’Angelo’s death continues heartbreaking year for R&B world. Here’s who we have lost

The R&B world was rocked Tuesday by the news that legendary singer D’Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was 51.

From icons to stars gone far too young, it has been a heartbreaking year for R&B.

The following is a look back at the other iconic performers who have died this year:

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.”

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