Details on Ingrams death are currently unknown, butaccording to TMZ, he reportedly died from brain cancer.
A rep for the singer did not immediately respond to EWs request for comment.
I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir, Allen wrote.
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I am blessed to have been so close.
We will forever speak his name.
One Hundred Ways, released in 1981, won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
He performed with Linda Ronstadt on the track that became a No.
Quincy Jonescounts as one of Ingrams close collaborators, working together on Michael Jacksons P.Y.T.
(Pretty Young Thing).
With that soulful, whisky sounding voice, James Ingram was simply magical.
James Ingram was, and always will be, beyond compare.
Rest in Peace baby brother.
You will be in my heart forever.
