http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060106/D8EV971O0.htmlLOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy Award-winning singer Lou Rawls has died of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 72.
The velvet-voiced singer started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums. He won three Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres.
Rawls died this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was hospitalized last month.