{"id":103648,"date":"2021-05-09T23:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103648"},"modified":"2021-05-09T23:35:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:35:52","slug":"singer-lloyd-price-dead-at-88-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103648","title":{"rendered":"Singer Lloyd Price Dead at 88 &#8211; Cause of Death Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103648\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-103649 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lloyd-Price-GettyImages-84903994-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lloyd-Price-GettyImages-84903994-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lloyd-Price-GettyImages-84903994-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lloyd-Price-GettyImages-84903994.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R&amp;B singer Lloyd Price died May 3, 2021, in New Rochelle, New York from complications with diabetes. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 88.<\/p>\n<p>In 1952, Price was discovered by record producer, Art Rupe who was on a visit to New Orleans, after hearing Price\u2019s song \u201cLawdy Miss Clawdy\u201d, Rupe wanted to produce it. Backed by a band, Price recorded the song and ultimately went to Number One on the charts. From 1952-2012 Price released 16 studio albums and released over 30 singles including \u201cStagger Lee\u201d, \u201cOooh-Oooh-Oooh\u201d, \u201cRestless Heart\u201d, \u201cAin\u2019t It a Shame\u201d, \u201cLady Luck\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Get Married\u201d, \u201cJust Because\u201d, \u201cCome Into My Heart\u201d, and \u201cPersonality\u201d, from which he was given the name \u201cMr. Personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his accomplishments and contributions to the music industry Price was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During the 1970s, Price got involved with boxing and helped the boxing promoter Don King promote fights including the \u201cRumble in the Jungle\u201d boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Lloyd Price\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel R&amp;B singer Lloyd Price died May 3, 2021, in New Rochelle, New York from complications with diabetes. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 88. In 1952, Price was discovered by record producer, Art Rupe who was on a visit to New Orleans, after hearing Price\u2019s song \u201cLawdy Miss Clawdy\u201d, Rupe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[26525],"class_list":["post-103648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-singer-lloyd-price-dead-at-88-cause-of-death-revealed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103648"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}