# Grammy-nominated gospel and opera singer Jubilant Sykes dead at 71; mentally ill son charged with his murder

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**Created:** [December 10, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammy-nominated-gospel-and-opera-singer-jubilant-sykes-dead-at-71-mentally-ill-son-charged-with-his-murder/1025598 "2025-12-10T19:39:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammy-nominated-gospel-and-opera-singer-jubilant-sykes-dead-at-71-mentally-ill-son-charged-with-his-murder/1025598/1 "2025-12-10T19:39:09Z")

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This is a horrible situation.

> **[Jubilant Sykes’ son arrested after Grammy-nominated opera singer stabbed to...](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/10/jubilant-sykes-son-arrested-after-grammy-nominated-opera-singer-stabbed-to-death)**
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> The performer’s son Micah has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Santa Monica police said

He was nominated for a Grammy for his 2010 recording of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, and he does a breathtaking rendition of “Mary, Did You Know?”.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MLMPHEbeieo/maxresdefault.jpg "Mary Did You Know Jubilant Sykes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLMPHEbeieo)

Rest, good and faithful servant.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammy-nominated-gospel-and-opera-singer-jubilant-sykes-dead-at-71-mentally-ill-son-charged-with-his-murder/1025598/2 "2025-12-10T23:12:07Z")

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Didn’t know who he was, but he looked kinda like Gus from _Psych_.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammy-nominated-gospel-and-opera-singer-jubilant-sykes-dead-at-71-mentally-ill-son-charged-with-his-murder/1025598/3 "2025-12-11T00:23:05Z")

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He does have a bit of a Dulé Hill vibe.

[![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tvdatabase/images/a/a3/Dule_Hill.jpg) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/tvdatabase/images/a/a3/Dule_Hill.jpg)