Timmy Thomas, R&B singer of Why Can’t We Live Together, dies aged 77

Singer’s anti-war song reached US Top 3 in 1973 before being widely covered and sampled by artists including Drake

Timmy Thomas, whose spellbinding anti-war song Why Can’t We Live Together was a global hit in 1973, has died aged 77.

No cause of death has been given. His family wrote on his Facebook page: “With appreciation and gratitude, the family extends a thank you for the prayers, support, precious words and other expressions of love and kindness during this time.”

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