Popular singer / songwriter Teena Marie R & B has died. She was 54.
Marie was found dead at his home in Pasadena on Sunday, Police Lieutenant Pasadena, Diego Torres said. Police and paramedics were called to his home at 3 pm after her daughter found her unconscious, he said.
She was born Mary Christine Brockert in California in March 1956, and was protected in recent times funk legend Rick James, reports Contactmusic. com.
Although he entered the entertainment world as a television actor on "The Beverly Hillbillies" as a child, it really gave flight to his career was his debut album "Wild and Peaceful."
The album included Marie's first big hit ', `I''m just a sucker for your love." Then he played "Fire and Desire" with his mentor James in his cult album Street Sounds.
Marie also made headlines in early 1980 that led to his Motown record label executives in the courts as a matter of contract - a battle that claimed it was illegal for a record company to keep an artist under contract without releasing new material.
The record label and Marie were separated in 1990 and the singer spent more than a decade behind the scenes, devoted to his daughter Alia Rose.
His next appearance in the spotlight came in 2004 after signing the rap label Cash Money''Clásicos spin-off label and released his comeback album, La Doña.
