'Me and Mrs. Jones' singer Billy Paul dead at age 80

Associated Press ^ | Apr 24, 2016 9:32 PM EDT

[Olog-hai]

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 Sunday at his home in Blackwood, New Jersey. Gay says Paul was 80 and had been diagnosed recently with pancreatic cancer. …

[Vermont Lt]

It wasn’t the content of the lyrics. It was the whole song.

[MD Expat in PA]

Amazing how he had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth the whole song in that video. You couldn’t do that now days.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.