Barry White - The Icon of 'Lurve'

A voice, once heard and never forgotten: the velvety smooth voice of Barry White belongs there. His celestial voice has the capacity to take his listener to an entirely different world filled with happiness and sheer bliss. Barry White chose 'fourth of July ', the most important day in the history of America, to bid fare well to his adoring fans and family- one expects no less from a man who is larger than life! Barry White died on a Friday morning at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. It was a great loss to music lovers all over the world and of course, to his loving family. That distinctive soul sound, that husky growl with the velvety chocolate edge has influenced many lives since the early 70s. He was nicknamed 'the Walrus of Love', though he would have liked to be called 'The Dove of Love'. He gave the world and his fans, 'LURVE' and he referred to women as 'ladies'! Music lovers everywhere remembers the icon of 'lurve'' on the fourth of July, the Anniversary of the day he left us.