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The singer-songwriter Teddy Pendergrass, who has died aged 59 from colon cancer, was one of the giants of American soul and R&B. He found fame as the singer of the 1970s soul outfit Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and his emotionally wracked delivery of their 1972 2 million-selling smash If You Don't Know Me By Now (later a hit for Simply Red) remains a classic. After leaving the band to go solo, the baritone found his trademark with smoochy, slow sensual jams. In his 1970s and 80s heyday, numbers including I Don't Love You Anymore, Love TKO, Close the Door and Turn Off the Lights were performed before "ladies only" audiences who would throw flowers, phone numbers and underwear at the stage.