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Artist News
Charles Bradley dies
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 25 September 2017
Charles Bradley died on Saturday after the cancer for which he was treated in 2016 returned. He was 68.
Bradley was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year, but later given the all clear following treatment. However, the disease was recently found to have spread to his liver. He released his third album, ‘Changes’, in April 2016, prior to his diagnosis, and had been touring in support of the record.
In a statement, co-founder of Bradley’s record label, Daptone Records, Gabriel Roth said: “The world lost a ton of heart today. Charles was somehow one of the meekest and strongest people I’ve ever known. His pain was a cry for universal love and humanity. His soulful moans and screams will echo forever on records and in the ears and hearts of those who were fortunate enough to share time with him”.
He continued: “I find some solace knowing that he will continue to inspire love and music in this world for generations to come. I told him as much a few days ago. He smiled and told me, ‘I tried’. It was probably the simplest and most inspiring thing he ever told me. I think he wanted to hug each person on this planet individually. I mean that literally, and anyone that ever saw him knows that he honestly tried”.
Bradley’s family have asked that those wishing to mark his death donate to the All-Stars Project and Music Unites charities.
