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Grammy-winning R&B singer Betty Wright dies at 66

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Grammy-winning R&B singer Betty Wright died May 10 at 66.

Grammy-winning R&B singer Betty Wright has died at 66.

The death was acknowledged on Wright's official Facebook page with a post from the immediate family saying the singer "transitioned to be with the Lord" on May 10 and calling for privacy during the "solemn time of bereavement."

The New York Times and Billboard report the singer died from cancer at her home in Miami.

Wright, who sang "Clean Up Woman," "No Pain, (No Gain)" and "Tonight Is the Night," was nominated for six Grammy Awards and won one for best rhythm and blues song in 1976 for "Where Is the Love?"

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