Farewell, Teddy Pendergrass

Soul legend Teddy Pendergrass, who might be responsible for some of you being conceived, passed away yesterday at a hospital in Philadelphia. Teddy was 59.

Teddy's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and his recovery was more than difficult. In 1982, Teddy was paralyzed form the waist down after a car accident in Philadelphia.

Teddy was the leader of Melvin & the Blue Notes, and he went on to wreck panties as a solo artist with hits like "Turn Off The Lights" and "Close the Door."

Teddy's son had this message for his father's fans, “To all his fans who loved his music, thank you. He will live on through his music.”

Rest in Peace, Teddy.

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Sadness

Submitted by Slutleena on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 12:34pm.

I've always been a Teddy fan. My dad would play his music during road trips so his music reminds me of my Dad and the fun we would have on trips. RIP Teddy P.

Sincerely,
Alana Smithee

Submitted by TiredofthisCrap on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 4:59pm.

WOW!!!!
This man is dead and folks are still going in on him about the transexual in the car with him. That is not the cover up, everyone knows there was a transexual in the car. The transexual is now a female now. She did my hair back in the day once and is a friend of the family.

Submitted by MO2 on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:41am.

I LOVED this guy. Didn't realize how young he was. So smooth.

Submitted by ProfessorVP on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 2:23am.

As usual, some people... a LOT of people think being gay is just about who fucks whom, that being gay is centered around a certain sex act.

Being a straight man is about home, family, career, friendship, having some place in the community. Being a gay man is fucking or blowing off in a car. Same old, same old.

That Teddy Pendergrass was probably gay or at least bi, and you could certainly say the same for Eddie Murphy, whose preference for trannies goes back to his New York days on Saturday Night Live... the mere mention of this rocks the boat, it's so hot it needs a pot holder. A straight person's sexual orientation would be just a normal part of an obituary. But holy shit, in 2010 you have to treat being gay or bi with the usual shock and awe... "Leave so-and-so alone, we don't care who he fucked." Sheesh, wake me up. Is it really 2010?

Submitted by choochifrito on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 1:56am.

bye teddy - you will be missed so much!

Submitted by softness1 on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 6:06pm.

R.I.P Teddy.. Wow so sad.. And personally who gives a shit who he fucked..He has a great catalog of great music and pple concerned about who he fucked...Shit if everyone family had to go thru the scrutiny of who their dead love one fucked when they lived I'm screwed and I betcha a whole bunch of others are too..I'm hetero and is embarraseed of some of the mofos I fucked

Pple fuck married pple and that's not big to pple but when pple find out same sex they flip out.... They only time I care who someone is fucking is when it's my man other than that I don't care....Teddy you will be missed and thanks for the music..

Submitted by Sayonara on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 5:05pm.

Wake up everybody no more sleeping in bed...

Mr. Pendergrass you will be missed, but your voice will continue to flow over the airwaves for many years to come.

You just lost one.. What a bum bum..

Submitted by Toonkinstein on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 4:10pm.

R.I.P. Teddy....Thank you for the music..

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Submitted by D.R. on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 4:08pm.

Rest in peace.

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Submitted by ja_guide on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 3:58pm.

A true soul legend. RIP, Teddy P.

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Submitted by ProfessorVP on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 3:08pm.

If anyone is insisting that people completely forget that the last person Teddy Pendergrass saw was a tranny, are insisting that we forget that Teddy wasn't an idiot and certainly knew Tanika was a dude, and in all probability the last time Teddy had same-sex wasn't the first time in his life... if anyone has a major problem with this, it just shows how little progress we have made as a society. What is most annoying and disappointing to me, personally, is that some of the naysayers are queer themselves, as if to say, "I may have sex with men, but good people and talented performers do not, so be careful not to spread untrue rumors." It is self-loathing at its most dim-witted, and pretty childish.

Submitted by letinstar on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 2:46pm.

breaks my heart..rest in peace, teddy...
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Submitted by Green Is Good on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 2:42pm.

Sadness. Teddy had REAL, genuine talent.

Is it Happy Hour yet? :-(

Submitted by gucci on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 2:38pm.

mdtopdad1 on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:51am.

Many years ago, ok, 1982, I used to visit Philadelphia regularly from my hometown about 90 miles south. The gossip at the time of Teddy Pendergrass' accident was he flipped that car while getting head from a tranny. Don't know for sure if that's true but I'm just sayin...................
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I tell yah what: why don't go to his funeral and tell this story to his family while they grieve? i mean hey; they might not have heard it. ASSHOLE. that said, RIP you'll be missed.

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Submitted by _fail_ on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 2:13pm.

I once broke up by playing "I Don't Love You Anymore" to my soon to be ex... Thx Teddy :)

Submitted by Coif on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:51pm.

He did the songs for the wonderful quirky film "Choose Me" back in 1984, rent it, good movie.

Submitted by applejones on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:36pm.

RIP Teddy. I knew when I heard that playing as a child my chances for getting a sibling increased exponentially. Don't know how I knew, just did.

Here's the Eddie Murphy bit from Delirious on Teddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MAeHROEKvw
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Submitted by justjane on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:34pm.

Deb, was it Elan?

Submitted by bohemeballerine on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:16pm.

My condolences to his family, may you rest in peace Teddy...you'll be greatly missed

Submitted by LALALALOVE on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:39pm.

Soul legend. R.I.P. He's no longer in pain.

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Back to Black. Oh, AMYYYY!

Submitted by Madam Pince on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:36pm.

At least he's not in pain any more. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to suffer with the after-effects of colon cancer surgery, on top of being paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Rest in peace, Teddy; I know God has you singing lead in the choir.

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Submitted by Deb on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:32pm.

RIP, Teddy.

In '84 I moved to Philly from the 'burbs for school and worked at the all-night cafe in the Warwick Hotel, where there used to be a club, (can't remember the name). People who had been partying in the club would come to the cafe afterwards. The "tranny" in question, "Tamika", was a regular. He/she was the most convincing tranny I ever saw. Tamika would wear fabulous leather outfits of many colors. No thick wrists, no big adam's apple, no discernable tuck. He/She was gorgeous. That's when I learned the story of the crash, and why people called him "Teddy Tenderass".
Sad, but true.
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You will never, never, never blow me. Oooo. Oooo."

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Submitted by PrettyPoison on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:30pm.

RIP Teddy.
My mom was all over the album with the TKO song on it.

Submitted by Drama Queen on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:22pm.

Noooo! I thought 2009 was bad, here comes 2010 with the Haitian earthquake and now this...I hope this not a repeat of 2009. RIP Teddy and your music will live on. "Light a candle"

Submitted by elmo533 on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:10pm.

NOOOOO!!! Not Teddy P!!!
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Submitted by TheBreakdown on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 11:44am.

Teddy P!

R.I.P.

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Submitted by agirl on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 11:31am.

In that clip he looks like Brad Pitt, if BP were black. It took me a minute to figure out who he reminded me of.

Submitted by kittycatastrophe on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:52am.

@Mr. Mercury :

I'm a Philly native and my cousin adored Teddy and hung at some of the clubs he did. Her phone was burning up the morning after the accident and her friends were saying that Teddy knew who he had in the car but that it was being covered up. Her friends were saying that people who were at the club when Teddy was there hooking-up were being asked to keep quiet about what they saw. I remember because I had spent the night at her house, she hadn't gone out because she was babysitting me and my brothers. The trans-girl was said to have been paid well shortly after the car flip to go away and stay quiet. Teddy was a hell of a singer regardless.

I should add that two of her friends were at the club that night that Teddy was there and picked-up his "date".
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Submitted by sushi on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:33am.

Ah, that's right -- it was the tranny rumor.

Submitted by Mr. Mercury on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:27am.

Submitted by mdtopdad1 on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:51am.
Many years ago, ok, 1982, I used to visit Philadelphia regularly from my hometown about 90 miles south. The gossip at the time of Teddy Pendergrass' accident was he flipped that car while getting head from a tranny. Don't know for sure if that's true but I'm just sayin...................

Whoa...I lived in Philly during the time of Teddy's accident. Within minutes, that rumor was all over every gay bar in town - supposedly spread by the tranny in question who escaped injury and fled the scene. While never proven, the story refused to die and became accepted as the reason the accident occurred. It's amazing that the story is still remembered after all these years!

"Rhoda, we're all aware that you're an adroit liar"

Submitted by SakeBomb on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:24am.

o shit i just remembered eddie murphy in raw (or delirious?) talking about women going crazy throwin their panties at guys like teddy p, how did he say it... something like "teddy comes out and scares the bitches into likin him"

Submitted by DR.FUNK on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:22am.

R.I.P. Teddy. I had no rap...so I just let you sing to close the deal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUbL6jDMAM4

Submitted by guest on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:15am.

sads. rip.

Submitted by Momus the Sarcastic on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:09am.

Goodbye, Teddy.

You inspired many sexay times for folks.

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Submitted by Mopa on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:04am.

R.I.P. smooth, sexy Teddy.

Submitted by justice on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:03am.

Absolutely nonsense. Things like this shouldn't be allowed to happen.

Rest In Peace Teddy.

--thanks awfully--

Submitted by OneLiner on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:01am.

OMG!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love teddy pendergrass, and i'm in the young generation but love his music!
Teddy Muth**fkn pendergrass!!!! that what i say everytime i hear his music on my ipod.....sadness = (

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Submitted by tasty dish on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:54am.

RIP Teddy

I thought that I could live without you
I really thought that I was strong
But now you're gone
I'm not half as strong
- Believe in Love

Submitted by mdtopdad1 on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:51am.

Submitted by kittycatastrophe on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:49am.

Teddy and Luther made a lot of babies happen. I have Teddy P., and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes on the MP3 Player.

R.I.P, Teddy

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Submitted by bambam on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:49am.

Instant sex. It was unbelievable how wildly popular he was when he went solo. Dude could sing "Old MacDonald" and women would go crazy.

Ima go listen to "Love TKO."

Submitted by Bunnyman on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:45am.

What an awesome singer. Whether with Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes or on his own, he had very few equals.

Submitted by mcnightmare on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:43am.

i'm glad he's not suffering anymore, but damn! so young.

and what a hot, gorgeous man he was, too - no voice like that one.

you done good, mr. pendergrass. thank you.

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Submitted by sushi on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:42am.

Sad for Teddy.

Was Teddy gay? Weren't there rumors dogging him for a long time?

Submitted by joanne on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:42am.

Another talent gone. RIP and condolences to the family.

Submitted by Ih8schmegma on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 9:41am.

RIP Teddy. I was raised on his music, don't know if I was conceived becuz of him. Mom n Dad are soulful folks and I appreciate their love for good music.
He's singing with the angels now with that smooth as silk voice. No more suffering!