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Long heralded as a female James Brown, Sharon Jones, soul singer and bandleader of the Dap-Kings, has died at 60.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones has passed away after a heroic battle against pancreatic cancer,” Judy Miller Silverman, the singer’s representative, told USA TODAY in a statement. “She was surrounded by her loved ones, including the Dap-Kings.”
In 2014, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for her album Give the People What They Want.
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