Barry White

-- Barry White, who wrote and sang iconic R&B classics like "Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up," "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," and You're The First, The Last, My Everything" died in Los Angeles today of a stroke. He was 58 years old.

The hefty musician, who defined 70's R&B crooning, was loved all over the world for his sex drenched voice and lyrics. According to his manager, Ned Shankman, he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at about 9:30 a.m. White was undergoing dialysis treatment, prior to his death, to treat kidney failure due to many years of high blood pressure. He had been in the hospital since this past Septembe...