R&B Singer Vesta Williams Found Dead

Vesta Williams, the R&B singer who had several hits in the 1980s and early '90s, was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room on Thursday. She was 53.

Los Angeles County coroner's Capt. John Kades told the Associated Press that the singer, who recorded under her first name only, could have died from a possible drug overdose. An autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death. Read more from The Hollywood Reporter

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