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R&B star D'Angelo has died, a source confirms to PEOPLE

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, TMZ reported that the singer died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer

He was 51

Neo-soul legend and "Brown Sugar" hitmaker D'Angelo has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a source confirms to PEOPLE. He was 51.

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, TMZ also reported that D'Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer) had died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer.

"He was in hospice for two weeks but had been in the hospital for months," the source tells PEOPLE of pancreatic cancer battle.

DJ Premier, who collaborated with D'Angelo on the 1998 track "Devil's Pie," shared a post via X on Oct. 14 lamenting the news.

"Such a sad loss to the passing of D'angelo. We have so many great t

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