I believe in death he found the ultimate love in the hands of the Creator.more I wish he could have found the love he so longed for. I thank God for giving us Luther and the music he has left behind. He lost all his siblings to Diabetes, his father as well and his mother after his death. He used food like a drug and his up and down weight loss fueled rumors that he had contracted AIDS many times. He was famous for doing countless commercial jingles and made a ton of money doing so. David Bowie gave him his first major break. He also had bitter disagreements with Anita Baker, but toward the end of his life he had rekindled those relationships. He was that infatuated with her singing style.

At one point in college he told people Dionne Warwick was his sister. There were a lot of interesting stories and revelations in the book. His dream was finally realized, but by then he had had a stroke and was not even able to attend the Grammy's to receive his award. If the book is accurate, his biggest dream was to have a number one pop chart hit. I just wish he had been able to enjoy his success more. He was that i I really enjoyed this read, and I learned so much about Luther I didn't know. I really enjoyed this read, and I learned so much about Luther I didn't know.

The book offers specific new details about LutherвЂ™s love life that will help illuminate the private pain of the man who brought the world so much joy.more The book details LutherвЂ™s triumphs, as well as his struggles: his battle with weight his feuds with Aretha Franklin, Anita Baker, and En Vogue the 1986 car accident that killed his best friend and nearly destroyed his career and the rumors about his sexuality that followed him throughout his life. It chronicles his underdog journey from the projects of New York CityвЂ™s Lower East Side to the top of the charts, selling more than 20 million albums along the way. The newly updated and expanded edition of Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross takes you deep inside the singerвЂ™s private world. The notoriously secretive star also left behind many questions such as the real-life inspiration behind all of those yearning love songs. He left a legacy of some of the most enduring love songs of our age: вЂњHere and Now,вЂќ вЂњSuperstar,вЂќ вЂњIf Only For One Night,вЂќ and вЂњA House Is Not A Home.вЂќ On July 1, 2005, the world lost one of the greatest R&B vocalists of all time, Luther Vandross. '.a sympathetic look at the most popular soul singer of his generation' - New York Daily News 'Craig Seymour paints an intimate portrait of the man behind some of the most beautiful love songs of our time.Full of juicy anecdotes, fast-paced writing, and interesting analysis, the book reveals surprising new dimensions of this much-beloved balladeer.' - E. 'Seymour's brilliant book is like a great Luther song: elegantly written, effortlessly executed and eloquently delivered.' - Michael Eric Dyson 'Craig Seymour paints an intimate portrait of the man behind some of the most beautiful love songs of our time.Full of juicy anecdotes, fast-paced writing, and interesting analysis, the book reveals surprising new dimensions of 'Seymour's brilliant book is like a great Luther song: elegantly written, effortlessly executed and eloquently delivered.' - Michael Eric Dyson

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