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Angela Bofill, ‘I Try’ Singer, Dies at 70


Angela Bofill, the R&B and soul singer behind the hits 'I Try,' 'I'm on Your Side' and 'This Time I'll Be Sweeter,' has died. She was 70.

News of her death was also shared in a post on her official Facebook page, stating: “On behalf of my dear friend Angie, I am saddened to announce her passing on the morning of June 13th.” On behalf of Shauna Bofill, husband Chris Portuguese, we are saddened but must report that the passing of Angela yesterday is indeed true. A New York native and of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent, Bofill started her professional career as a singer when she was a teenager in the early 1970s.

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