The Grammy-nominated R&B and soul singer/songwriter, who became involved in local politics in Chicago later in life, reportedly had Parkinson's.

The life of Jerry Butler was celebrated Wednesday at a memorial planned by his family.The celebration at Apostolic Faith Church in Bronzeville had to have music.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

Jerry Butler, the soul singer and songwriter, who has died aged 85, was known as “the Ice Man” thanks to his smooth baritone ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy ...

Singers need songs, and no one understood that better than the late legendary song stylist Jerry Butler, when he created the Jerry Butler Songwriters Workshop in Chicago in the early 1970s.

The Boss named his 2022 album of soul cover “Only the Strong Survive” after the Butler song. The Ice Man cameth — to New Jersey. The Ice Man, aka music legend Jerry Butler, passed away Feb. 20 at his ...

Jerry Butler, the original lead singer of the R&B and soul group The Impressions, has died. He was 85. The Mississippi-born musician started singing as a teenager in a Chicago church choir ...

Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, a legendary R&B singer and long-time Illinois politician, has died. Marty , Jerry's assistant and ...