{"id":143124,"date":"2020-04-03T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=143124"},"modified":"2020-04-03T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:42:13","slug":"bill-withers-passed-away-at-age-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/bill-withers-passed-away-at-age-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Withers Passed Away At Age 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/bill-withers-passed-away-at-age-81\/photo-of-bill-withers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Redferns&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Bill WITHERS; Posed portrait of Bill Withers  (Photo by Gilles Petard\/Redferns)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;63072000&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Photo of Bill WITHERS&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo of Bill WITHERS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UNSPECIFIED &amp;#8211; JANUARY 01:  Photo of Bill WITHERS; Posed portrait of Bill Withers  (Photo by Gilles Petard\/Redferns)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?fit=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?fit=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-143125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bill-withers-obit.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame soul singer <strong>Bill Withers<\/strong> died Monday from heart complications in Los Angeles at the age of 81.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Grammy winner released eight albums before walking away from the spotlight in 1985 and left an incredible mark on the music community and the world at large. Songs like <em>Lean On Me, Grandma\u2019s Hands, Use Me, Ain\u2019t No Sunshine<\/em> and <em>Lovely Day<\/em> are embedded in the culture and have been covered countless times&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>BlackoutHipHop extends condolences to <strong>Bill Withers<\/strong>\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CICIOJqEb5c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bill-withers-obituary-977929\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hall of Fame soul singer Bill Withers died Monday from heart complications in Los&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Bes","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}