RD80s News: Peabo Bryson Passes at 75
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RD80s News: Peabo Bryson Passes at 75

Peabo Bryson "transitioned peacefully at 5 PM, ET" his family said on June 2, 2026 at the age of 75.(Photo Courtesy: https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15869037/peabo-bryson-death-disney-songs-stroke.html)Peabo was born in Greenville, SC and started in the music industry as a singer-songwriter with the group Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display.  Later in 1977, he began his career as a solo performer with a self-titled debut called Peabo and then an album titled Reaching for the Sky.  His success continued into the 1980s with the song If Ever I'm In Your Arms Again along with appearing in One Life to Live as a cameo roll.  Later, he recorded a version of the soap opera's theme which was then used until 1992.His music career landed him in the world of Walt Disney were he sang ballads for Beauty And The Beast with Celine Dion and A Whole New World for the movie Aladdin singing with Regina Belle.