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Jerry 'The Iceman' Butler dead at 85: Singer whose hit song was Only The Strong Survive passes away after Parkinson's battle


TMZ broke the news on Friday after talking to his assistant, Marty. ' An amazing man has relocated to heaven. Our loss here on earth,' said the assistant.

The crooner then went on to have a solo career that included the hit songs He Will Break Your Heart, Let It Be Me and Only the Strong Survive. Butler - who was born in Mississippi but moved to Chicago - performed in a church choir then joined a gospel quartet. The Impressions' original members were Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden, Fred Cash and brothers Arthur and Richard Brooks.

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