‘Lean on Me’ singer Bill Withers dead at 81

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Bill Withers, the writer and singer of hits such as “Lean on Me,” “Just the Two of Us,” and “Ain’t No Sunshine” died from heart complications at the age of 81 in Los Angeles, according to a statement released by his family.

Withers, who was born to a coal-mining family in Slab Fork, West Virginia, and who later served in the Navy, was a three-time Grammy Award winner for his music, which is still often played and remixed today.

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