THE son of legendary singer Otis Redding has died after a battle with cancer.
Otis Redding III, who followed his dad into music, passed away in a hospital in Macon, Georgia at the age of 59.
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The singer’s cause of death hasn’t been confirmed.
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His sister Karla Redding-Andrews posted on Facebook: “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening.”
Redding was just three years old when his dad was killed in a plane crash in December 1967.
He and his sibling Dexter formed the band The Reddings, which produced six number-one albums in the 1980s.
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