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A multi-genre music legend known as the Godfather of Neo Soul is dead at age 84. Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist best known for the 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” died Tuesday in New York City, according to Variety. A cause of death was not announced, but his family said he had “a long illness.”

Roy Ayers, the “king of neo-soul” and artist behind “Everybody Loves Sunshine,” has died. His family confirmed his death after suffering a “long illness” on social media. He was 84 years old. The family described Ayers to Variety as a “highly influential and sought after as a music collaborator.

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Jazz-funk legend Roy Ayers, known for "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," died March 4 after a long illness, family confirms. He was 84.