Percy Sledge, singer of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the 1966 No. 1 hit that became a soul-music classic, was remembered Tuesday as a kind and charismatic man who lit up rooms and concert stages with ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Soul singer Percy Sledge, 74, was laid to rest Tuesday. The 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee died one week ago, after battling liver cancer. Friends say it's important ...

Percy Sledge, who died Tuesday at the age of 74, was a singer who became indelibly associated with his first hit, When a Man Loves a Woman, a song that became not only a huge hit, but one of the ...

Percy Sledge, the soul singer who belted out the hit “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tuesday morning. The cause of death was liver cancer, his manager Steve Green tells ...

Soul singer Percy Sledge epitomized Southern soul in ballads like "When A Man Loves A Woman," which became a massive international hit when it came out in 1966. Sledge died Tuesday morning of natural ...

Singer Percy Sledge, perhaps best known for his hit "When A Man Loves A Woman," has died, Artists International Management Inc., his talent agency, said. Sledge died of natural causes a little after ...