US pop and country singer Floyd Brown has died in Baton Rouge at the age of 79, with his family confirming the cause of death as cancer after what they described as a prolonged and harrowing health battle.
News of Brown's death began circulating after relatives announced that the Louisiana-born performer died on Tuesday 9 June, bringing to an end a career that stretched from early swamp pop singles in 1960 to a late-life status as a regional legend. His niece shared the news on social media, calling him 'one of the greatest,' as friends, fellow musicians and long-time fans tried to make sense of losing a man who never quite broke the big time, yet shaped an entire corner of American music.
