THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS ALERT:
R&B
Singer ‘Vesta Williams’ Found Dead in Hotel Room
R.I.P. to R&B singer Vesta Williams, who was found
dead in a hotel room in Los Angeles. Vesta produced Top 10 R&B hits “Sweet
Sweet Love”, “4 U”, and “Congratulations”
Our condolences goes out to her
family.
UPDATED AT @3:00 PM
Vesta Williams, the diva known for her powerful voice and 80's hits, was found dead in her California hotel room last night, according to reports. Though news sources have reported the singer was 48 years old,Williams can be seen in a 2010 interview saying she was 53.
Vesta Williams, the diva known for her powerful voice and 80's hits, was found dead in her California hotel room last night, according to reports. Though news sources have reported the singer was 48 years old,Williams can be seen in a 2010 interview saying she was 53.
TMZ is reporting that bottles of prescription pills
were found in the hotel room, and that the authorities are treating the singer's
death as an accident or suicide.
Williams scored a big hit with "Congratulations," a song about a woman who is distraught upon learning that her former lover is getting married. "Congratulations," with its vocal acrobatics and dramatic story, became a talent show staple.
Williams scored a big hit with "Congratulations," a song about a woman who is distraught upon learning that her former lover is getting married. "Congratulations," with its vocal acrobatics and dramatic story, became a talent show staple.
In the 1990s, Williams made headlines for her dramatic
weight loss. She told Ebony that she started to rapidly gain weight when her
singing career began to falter. Williams, who was 5-foot-3, eventually reached a
size 26. She said her size was the reason she lost her recording contract.
"When I lost my record deal and my phone wasn't ringing, I realized that I had to reassess who Vesta was and figure out what was going wrong," she said. "I knew it wasn't my singing ability. So it had to be that I was expendable because I didn't have the right look."
The singer went on to lose 100 lbs, and got down down
to a size 6, while finding something of a second career as a songwriter and
session singer.
In recent years, Williams had become an advocate for the
prevention of childhood obesity and juvenile diabetes.Pray for Vesta’s family and all of us who are
FANS of the R&B Songstress!Celebs have been tweeting like crazy!
For those that do not know who she is..
Here are some
vids from the legendary songstress!
"Once Bitten,Twice Shy"
"Congratulations"
"Sweet, Sweet Love"
stay tuned to The Chronicles for any information on funeral services!
R.I.P MY BELOVED SISTA!
Rip vesta i will miss you so much the family right now is at a lose your made use all laugh, all the time the family get together on sunday, yes even you trying to get use to eat right love you ,miss you kim
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