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Fontella Bass, R&B/Soul Singer, Dead at 72

"Rescue me"

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Fontella Bass—famous for her epic,1965 hit song "Rescue Me"—died Wednesday in Missouri. She was 72.

According to Fontella's family, the singer passed away in a St. Louis hospital from complications she suffered following a heart attack three weeks ago. Bass also had several strokes since 2005.