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Tina Turner, Trugoy the Dove and Rudolph Isley are among the notable Black artists who died in 2023.

Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday. Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.

He was grateful for Otis Redding’s enduring legacy, he said, even if it overshadowed his efforts to make music of his own.