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Posted: 4:32 PM Sep 23, 2011
Vesta Williams, Dead
R&B Singer dead at age of 53
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Big-voiced R&B diva Vesta Williams,
perhaps best-known for her 1980s hits "Don't Blow A Good Thing"
and "Congratulations," has been found dead of a possible drug
overdose in a Southern California hotel room. She was 53.
Los Angeles County coroner's Capt. John Kades (KAY'-dihs) says
Williams was found dead at 6:15 p.m. Thursday in an El Segundo
hotel room. An autopsy will determine the cause of death, but Kades
says "this could be a drug overdose.
Born Mary Vesta Williams in Coshocton, Ohio, on Dec. 1, 1957,
she had hits with "Once Bitten Twice Shy," "Sweet, Sweet Love"
and the torch song "Congratulations," where she emotionally bids
goodbye to her ex, about to marry someone else, on his wedding day.
Williams also appeared in movies and on television.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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