Celebrity Deaths
Devastated Celine Dion Pays Tribute to ‘Wonderful and Generous’ Singer Peabo Bryson After His Sudden Death
Céline Dion says she is “heartbroken” after the death of US singer Peabo Bryson at the age of 75.
Bryson died on Tuesday June 2, days after suffering from a stroke.
That same day, Dion – who duetted with Bryson for Disney‘s Beauty and the Beast in 1991 — took to her Instagram Story to pay tribute.
“He was so wonderful and generous to me all those years ago, when we recorded Beauty and the Beast,” she wrote alongside a photo of the two. “He made me so comfortable, as I was just learning to sing in English. He will remain for me always as a real symbol of joy that music has brought to my life. His voice and talent will be missed.”
“My heart is with your family, and may you rest in peace Peabo. Love, Celine xx,” she concluded.
Five-time Grammy winner Dion, 58, collaborated with Bryson for the Disney animated film’s titular song. The song won a Grammy, Bryson’s first, and he would go on to be the voice behind the theme song for Aladdin.
He picked up another Grammy award for a duet with Regina Belle in that 1992 Disney film for their song “A Whole New World.”
Bryson died surrounded by family and loved ones, it said in the family statement as per a TMZ report.
A cause of death has not been released publicly, but it is known that Bryson suffered a stroke over the weekend prior to his death, per People, and had been receiving medical care.
