# James Ingram passes away

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 29, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639 "2019-01-29T23:17:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639/1 "2019-01-29T23:17:42Z")

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Brain cancer took the inimitable James Ingram from us today too early. Age 66.

Hard to believe that “Just Once” started off as a throw-away demo. Ingram breathed so much life into that track that a legend like Quincy Jones couldn’t turn away.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639/2 "2019-01-29T23:59:16Z")

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When Jesus sings Baby, Come to Me to you, it’s time to go.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639/3 "2019-01-30T00:56:13Z")

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**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639/4 "2019-01-30T02:31:37Z")

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“Just Once” is one of my favorite songs. I am sorry to hear James Ingram passed away, his voice was incredible.  
ETA my favorite Find 100 Ways

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ef5CRmUabsI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWyhRMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDc75B0FkEly3qUZznWCGkUByvK1g "James Ingram - One Hundret Ways") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef5CRmUabsI)

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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639/5 "2019-01-30T15:32:47Z")

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Aw man, that’s sad! He had such a wonderful voice.