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Posted: 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012

'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass Dead at 72

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Fontella Bass performing at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's 12th annual Pioneer Awards at the legendary Apollo Theatre in New York City on November 8, 2001. photo by Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect

Singer Fontella Bass, famous for her 1965 song ‘Rescue Me’ passed away on Wednesday at the age of 72. Bass died in a St. Louis hospital after complications from a heart attack several weeks ago.

 
 

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