Peabo Bryson
American · 75 years old · Died 2 June 2026
R&B singer: "A Whole New World", "Beauty and the Beast"
Cause of death
Complications from a stroke
Peabo Bryson's smooth tenor voice made him one of the great balladeers of the 1980s and 90s. He won two Grammy Awards for his Disney duets: "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion and "A Whole New World" from Aladdin with Regina Belle. He suffered a heart attack in 2019 and never fully recovered. He died at 75 from complications of a stroke.
How common is cardiovascular disease?
Peabo Bryson died of complications from a stroke. Globally, cardiovascular disease kills 18,600,000 people every year. That is 50,959 per day, or roughly one person every 2 seconds. It accounts for 30% of all deaths worldwide.
Deaths / year
18,600,000
Deaths / day
50,959
Deaths / hour
2,123
Deaths / second
0.59
Share of all global deaths
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Since Peabo Bryson died
Live count since 2 June 2026
Total deaths worldwide since then
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Deaths from same cause since then
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