Jerry Butler RIP

[Paul Capon]

Just read this. Great loss to soul music.  

[Woodbutcher]

Source ... ?

[Roburt]

An Irish guy named Jerry Butler has definitely just passed away. Our soul guy ?

[Woodbutcher]

7 minutes ago, Roburt said:

An Irish guy named Jerry Butler has definitely just passed away. Our soul guy ?

And that was a year ago ... 

[Agentsmith]

20 minutes ago, Paul Capon said:

Just read this. Great loss to soul music.  

Where have you seen this Paul?

[Paul Capon]

Rare Soul Talk fb page. 

[Paul Capon]

Hope it’s untrue - you can never tell with social media at the moment

[Ian Parker]

Lots on FB, sadly it's true.

Edited yesterday at 09:39 by Ian Parker

[Agentsmith]

17 minutes ago, Ian Parker said:

Lots on FB, sadly it's true.

Apparently his wife has posted/announced.

[Woodbutcher]

Can find nothing online other than a couple of 'reports' on FB , I personally prefer a more reliable source , his demise was touted on Soulful Detroit in 2018 and that was false.

[Woodbutcher]

6 minutes ago, Agentsmith said:

Apparently his wife has posted/announced.

Annette passed in 2019.

[Agentsmith]

35 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

Annette passed in 2019.

Well in that case even that suggestion is misinformation, if we're being played it's decietful in the least. Prefer for it not to be true as i'm sure we all would

[Woodbutcher]

8 minutes ago, Agentsmith said:

Well in that case even that suggestion is misinformation, if we're being played it's decietful in the least. Prefer for it not to be true as i'm sure we all would

A somewhat more reputable source than Farcebook methinks ... https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/30/20892400/annette-butler-jerry-iceman-cook-county-board-commissioner-bunny-smith-trio-obituary

[Shinehead]

Hopefully untrue, you would have thought the passing of one of the soul greats would have by now been put out on a reliable source.

[Paul Capon]

22 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

A somewhat more reputable source than Farcebook methinks ... https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/30/20892400/annette-butler-jerry-iceman-cook-county-board-commissioner-bunny-smith-trio-obituary

Err - this post is from 2019 and was the last time Jerry’s death was incorrectly posted. 

[Woodbutcher]

2 minutes ago, Paul Capon said:

Err - this post is from 2019 and was the last time Jerry’s death was incorrectly posted. 

Well that's because it's an archive page on the site ffs , I'm merely pointing out that Annette died in 2019 and therefore would have had a job reporting Jerry's passing on FB as per a previous posts claim ...  

[Geeselad]

Exceptional talent, irreplaceable 

[Agentsmith]

Marshall Thompson of the Chi lites has made an official post

[Ian Parker]

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=jerry butler

    it seems very true,  judging by all these posts.   very sad news.  

[Shinehead]

https://www.tmz.com/2025/02/21/jerry-the-iceman-butler-dead/

R.I.P. Jerry, one of the true greats.

Big faves of mine below

 

Edited yesterday at 13:56 by Shinehead

[Kenb]

R.I.P Jerry.

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 14:32 by Kenb

[Greety]

Hearing "One night affair" was a landmark moment for me. It got me buying Blues and Soul and starting a journey into the land of soul msic.

A singer with a distinctive voice of velvet.

Mr Butler, thank you for all your wonderful output during your distinguished career.

May your soul and voice rest with the angels.

[Keamus]

Very apt sentiment from the Ice Man. JB RIP

 

[David Meikle]

Jerry Butler RIP

[Twoshoes]

One of the great emotive voices of our music, Moody Woman and Good Times played after many a lost love have been  constant companions from my early days of collecting.

    thank you for your company Sir, RIP.

[Valentina]

A true giant of Soul music.The Iceman is one of my fav voice , feel like loosing a close friend

thank you for everything  

 

[Mal C]

This is awful news, as Valentina says above;

A true GIANT of Soul music!

Rest in Peace Jerry Butler.

[Thinksmart]

One of the very best. RIP

 

 

Edited yesterday at 18:57 by Thinksmart

[Soul Shrews]

Indeed as @Valentina said earlier a true giant of Soul music.

We have lovely memories of seeing him perform many times at Blues Alley in DC

 

 

Regards Paul & Mandy

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Soul Shrews
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[Happy Feet]

6 hours ago, Shinehead said:

https://www.tmz.com/2025/02/21/jerry-the-iceman-butler-dead/

R.I.P. Jerry, one of the true greats.

Big faves of mine below

 

Not wanting to gate crash but on the site that you've posted it also says that Henry Farnborough the last surviving original member of The ( Detroit ) Spinners also passed away on Wednesday, also aged 85 . RIP Henry .

As everyone as said before me , Rip Jerry " The Ice man " Butler not just a great singer but a very helpful politician too .

Edited 23 hours ago by Happy Feet

[Thinksmart]

Oh blimey, Henry Farnborough too. The Spinners are pivotal from 60s right up to decades later. RIP

[Happy Feet]

Today's Guardian has a feature on the passing of Jerry . Jerry Butler, soul hitmaker and Illinois politician, dies aged 85 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/21/jerry-butler-iceman-soul-singer-illinois-politician-dies-aged-85?CMP=share_btn_url

Edited 9 hours ago by Happy Feet