Lou Rawls passes on.

Grammy Award winning smooth-voiced Lou Rawls died friday from complications from brain and lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife Nina at his bedside. Rawls won three Grammies and had a career that lasted almost 5 decades, in 1980 he began the "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon" which benefited the United Negro College Fund. He also starred in various movies and TV shows.