Legendary R&B singer killed in car crash, dead at 63 – NJ.com
R&B singer Angie Stone died at the age of 63 due to car crash. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for TV One)Getty Images for TV OneGrammy nominated R&B singer Angie Stone was killed Saturday in a car crash. She was 63. Stone and her band members were headed to Atlanta after a performance the night before in Mobile, as noted in a statement by independent label SRG-ILS. An 18-wheeler struck the van Stone was driving in, causing the vehicle to flip, Stone’s longtime manager Walter Millsap III noted to the Associated Press. “Never in a million years did we ever expect to get this horrible news,” Angie Stone’s children, Diamond and Michael Archer, said in a statement shared by the SRG Group. “We are still trying to process and are completely heartbroken.”Stone was scheduled to perform at the halftime show of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men’s Championship basketball game on Saturday, as noted by 11alive. The singer was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 18, 1961. She began her singing career as one of the hip-hop trio, “The Sequence” in the late 90s. After breaking up in 1985, Stone joined the R&B group “Vertical Hold” in the early 1990s. Throughout her solo career, she was nominated for three Grammy awards and won two Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. Stone also had an acting career, most noticeably appearing in the UPN sitcom “Girlfriends” while also singing the theme song. Related coverage:Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com.Murjani Rawls may be reached at mrawls@njadvancemedia.comIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025).© 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site.YouTube’s privacy policy is available here and YouTube’s terms of service is available here.Ad Choices
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