The cause was liver cancer, said Shazila Mohammed, a publicist for the singer. Mr. Bradley had stomach cancer diagnosed in the fall of 2016. “I love all of you out there that made my dreams come true,” Mr. Bradley said at the time. Known as the Screaming Eagle of Soul for his serrated cries of pain and longing, Mr. Bradley released his first album, “No Time for Dreaming,” in 2011 at the age of 62. In a statement, Gabriel Roth, a founder of Daptone who discovered Mr. Bradley as the James Brown tribute act Black Velvet, said: “Charles was somehow one of the meekest and strongest people I’ve ever known.

Source: New York Times September 24, 2017 20:37 UTC