PEABO BRYSON, the veteran R&B singer best known as the singer behind the Disney film hits Beauty and the Beast and Whole New World, has died, according to a statement from his family. No cause of death was cited, although the family announced on Sunday that he had suffered a stroke. Bryson was 75. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: June 18, 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: R&B singer, PEABO BRYSON, performing live at the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival in Philadelphia Pa. The West Oak Lane Jazz Festival is the largest 3 day outdoors Jazz Festival in the Philadelphia Tri-State area. Philadelphia U.S. - ZUMArf1_ 20110618_new_rf1_037

June 03, 2026: PEABO BRYSON, the veteran R&B singer best known as the singer behind the Disney film hits Beauty and the Beast and Whole New World, has died, according to a statement from his family. No cause of death was cited, although the family announced on Sunday that he had suffered a stroke. Bryson was 75. FILE PHOTO SHOT ON: June 18, 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: R&B singer, PEABO BRYSON, performing live at the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival in Philadelphia Pa. The West Oak Lane Jazz Festival is the largest 3 day outdoors Jazz Festival in the Philadelphia Tri-State area. Philadelphia U.S. - ZUMArf1_ 20110618_new_rf1_037