Soul legend Wilson Pickett dies at 64

From http://www.cnn.com:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday in a Reston, Virginia, hospital, according to his management company. He was 64.

Read the entire article here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/19/pickett.obit.ap/index.html

Such sad news :crying I had the great fortune of seeing Mr Pickett live once, and it was one of my best concert experiences ever. He died much too soon.

I just finished watching the documentary "Only the Strong will Survive" and Wilson Pickett was featured in it. He has always been one of my favorite Soul Singers besides Otis Redding and Sam Cooke.