Philadelphia legend, soul singer Frankie Beverly dies at 77

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>> BUT FIRST HERE AT 430 TODAY. LEGEND LOST. WE ARE REMEMBERING MUSIC ICON FRANKIE BEVERLY, THE PHILADELPHIA BORN SOUL SINGER PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 77. >> AND THESE HAPPY FEELINGS YOU FEEL THAT HAPPY FEELING? >> I'LL SPREAD THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> BEVERLY'S MUSICAL APPEAL SPANNED THE GLOBE, BUT HE GOT HIS START RIGHT HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. ACTION NEWS, RACE AND CULTURE REPORTER RHONDA THOMAS IS LIVE IN CENTER CITY AND TO RHONDA, HIS MUSIC TOUCHED MILLIONS OF HEARTS. >> OH, SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING ME. I GREW UP LISTENING TO HIS MUSIC. SO DID SO MANY OTHERS. NOW, FRANKIE BEVERLY'S GROUP, MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY IS HONORED RIGHT HERE ON THE WALK OF FAME IN CENTER CITY. BUT IN HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE ALSO TRIBUTES TO THE MUSIC ICON, WHO NEVER FORGOT HIS ROOTS. >> HE USED TO SING AROUND HERE ALL THE TIME. >> A YOUNG MAN WHO USED TO WALK DOWN THESE GERMANTOWN STREETS SINGING LIKE A DOO GROUP AND WEARING HIS SIGNATURE COLOR, ALL WHITE. >> HE HAD ON ALL WHITE. FRANKIE ALWAYS WORE ALL WHITE. THAT'S WHY I GOT THE WHITE HAT ON TODAY. >> PEOPLE IN FRANKIE BEVERLY'S OLD NEIGHBORHOOD REMEMBERING AFTER THE SOUL MUSIC LEGEND PASSED AWAY. >> I FEEL SAD. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY SAD. >> ALLEN MATHIS PLACED BALLOONS ON THE STREET SIGN IN THE 6000 BLOCK OF NORWOOD STREET, WHERE BEVERLY GREW UP. THAT BLOCK NAMED AFTER HIM THIS PAST JULY. >> WE DID THAT IN THE RAIN. WE CAME OUT TO SHOW HIM LOVE, AND HE LOVED IT. HE TOOK IT ALL IN. >> WDAS RADIO PERSONALITY MISS PATTI JACKSON WAS THERE AND REMEMBERS HOW THANKFUL BEVERLY WAS. >> I REMEMBER HIM SQUEEZING MY HAND. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, BOOGIE. >> BEVERLY'S LAST SHOW IN PHILADELPHIA ON JULY 6TH, WAS PART OF HIS FAREWELL TOUR, AS THE 77 YEAR OLD PLANNED TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE STAGE. >> IT LITERALLY WAS A THANK YOU TOUR WHERE YOU JUST WANT TO GO AND TOUCH HIM AND SAY, FRANKIE, I LOVE YOU. >> HE KNEW HIS MUSIC. THE SOUNDTRACK TO SO MANY LIVES. >> MY GRANDMA, MY GRANDPA, EVERYBODY LISTENING TO IT. SO IT'S GOOD. HE'S AN ICON. >> EVEN THE FAMOUS WERE AMONG HIS FANS. >> JALEN HURTS WAS A HUGE FRANKIE BEVERLY FAN. >> I CAN LISTEN TO THIS. FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> BEVERLY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE PHILADELPHIA MUSIC ALLIANCE WALK OF FAME IN 2008. >> WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE FROM PHILADELPHIA. >> IN HIS EARLY MUSIC CAREER, THE GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL GRAD WORKED WITH FAMED PHILADELPHIA PRODUCER KENNY GAMBLE OF GAMBLE AND HUFF. THE DUO SAYING IN A STATEMENT TO ACTION NEWS, QUOTE, WE ARE VERY SADDENED BY FRANKIE BEVERLY'S PASSING. HE WAS A TRUE LEGEND AND ONE OF THE FINEST SOUL SINGERS COMING OUT OF PHILADELPHIA AND LOVED AROUND THE WORLD. WE DON'T LIVE FOREVER AND HE HAD A GREAT LIFE. >> HE'S GOING. HE'S LEAVING A SUCH A GREAT LEGACY. >> THOMAS THOMPSON'S FATHER WAS IN ONE OF FRANKIE BEVERLY'S BANDS IN THE EARLY 70S. >> MY DAD, HE TOLD ME, MAN, YOU KNOW, FRANKIE JUST WAS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYBODY. DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL THANKFUL FOR THE PHILADELPHIA NATIVE WHO GIFTED THE WORLD WITH HIS MUSIC? >> A GREAT SONG NEVER DIES. >> IT LIVES ON FOREVER NOW. TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A BALLOON RELEASE IN FRANKIE BEVERLY'S OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY DID NOT WAIT UNTIL TODAY TO HONOR FRANKIE. BEVERLY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. I GOT THIS MAGAZINE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND I REMEMBER THINKING, YES, THEY ARE GIVING HIM HIS FLOWERS WHILE HE'S STILL HERE TO SMELL THOSE FLOWERS AND APPRECIATE HIM WHILE HE'S STILL AROUND. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY FELT THAT AND EXPRESSED THAT TO FRANKIE BEVERLY WHILE HE WAS STILL WITH US, HIS FAMILY SAYING HE FELT ALL OF THAT, SAYING THAT HE WAS A MAN WHO QUOTE, LIVED HIS LIFE WITH PURE SOUL IN CENTER CITY TORONTO. THOMAS. CHANNEL SIX ACTION NEWS. >> WHAT A

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