Roy Ayers, composer of “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has died at the age of 84
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Published March 5, 2020 6:06 PM PST
The family of Roy Ayers released a statement on Facebook confirming that the music icon died in New York City on Tuesday after a long illness. They did not specify the illness.
They ended their statement by saying… “He will be missed.” The family requests that you respect the privacy of his family at this time. A celebration of Roy’s memory will soon be held. “Ayers was best known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine.” Over the year’s his music has been sampled or covered by everyone, including
Kanye West
,
Common, Mary J. Blige, D’Angelo, and Tyler the Creator.His music really started to reach the masses with his work on the Pam Grier Blaxploitation film, “Coffy.” He went on to drop “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” in 1976.
To give you an idea of how massive “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” is … to date, the song has more than 130 million streams on Spotify.He leaves behind his wife Argerie
, and their two children,
Ayana and Mtume.Roy was 84.RIP
