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Celebrities pay tribute to soul singer Billy Paul, dead at 80

In this Feb. 6, 2008, file photo, Leon A. Huff, cofounder and vice chairman of Philadelphia International Records, left, singer Billy Paul, center, and Kenneth Gamble, arrive at "A Special Evening of Conversation Insight and Music" in Los Angeles. Billy Paul, the soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad “Me and Mrs. Jones,” has died. Paul’s co-manager, Beverly Gay, told The Associated Press that Paul died April 24, 2016, at his home in Blackwood, N.J.
In this Feb. 6, 2008, file photo, Leon A. Huff, cofounder and vice chairman of Philadelphia International Records, left, singer Billy Paul, center, and Kenneth Gamble, arrive at "A Special Evening of Conversation Insight and Music" in Los Angeles. Billy Paul, the soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad “Me and Mrs. Jones,” has died. Paul’s co-manager, Beverly Gay, told The Associated Press that Paul died April 24, 2016, at his home in Blackwood, N.J.
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
April 25, 2016

Soul singer Billy Paul, best known for his 1972 hit "Me and Mrs. Jones," has died, The Associated Press reports. He was 80.

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According to Paul's co-manager, the Grammy Award winner and Philadelphia native died Sunday at his Blackwood, New Jersey, home after a fight with pancreatic cancer.

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Celebrities took to Twitter to pay tribute to Paul. Click here or scroll down to see what they had to say.

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