Sean LeVert Dies At 39

March 31st, 2008

I skipped a breath at reading this. It’s bad enough he died, but that’s him and his brother both dead 17 months apart at almost the same relatively young age - goodness, that’s gotta be tough for the family.

Sean LeVert, one third of 80/90s soul trio LeVert, and younger brother of and son of Gerald LeVert and the O’Jays’ Eddie LeVert respectively, died Sunday night.

According to Music.Yahoo.com “Levert was sent to the Cuyahoga County jail last week for failing to pay child support. He died at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland late Sunday, less than an hour after he was taken there from the jail, said coroner Frank Miller.”

Well, I was a pretty big LeVert fan. Casanova is one of my all time favorite songs from my childhood. I guess I’ll go home tonight and dig out my LeVert cassetts.

Starting with their first album in 1985 the group put out four consecutive platinum albums: I Get Hot, Bloodline in 1986, The Big Throwdown in 1987 and Just Coolin’ in 1988. They reeled off classic singles and anthems such as “Pop Goes My Mind”, “Casanova”, and “Just Coolin”.

Their sound was a mixture of classic soul and up-tempo, rhythmic new jack swing.

After older brother Gerald embarked on a successful solo career, the group came back together intermittently including for 1993’s For Real Tho’ and 1997’s The Whole Senario ablums.

Sean made his own solo attempt in 1995 with “Other Side “, but it made no head way on the charts.

R.I.P. Sean
9/28/68 to 3/30/08

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5 Responses to “Sean LeVert Dies At 39”

  1. MarvalusOne on April 1st, 2008 12:15 am | link

    Wow…just wow…I am speechless…

    I can’t even imagine what his parents are going through…

  2. Lina M on April 1st, 2008 12:26 am | link

    Wow that is so sad..It was emotional watching the tribute to his brother on the B.E.T. awards. The Levert family has some talented singers. It’s a shame their father out lived them both..My prayers go out to the family for real.

  3. D. Yobachi Boswell on April 1st, 2008 1:38 am | link

    Marvalus, I’m saying. I guess they now know how the Kennedy’s felt.

  4. D. Yobachi Boswell on April 1st, 2008 2:17 am | link

    Too bad I missed that tribute Linda.

    It’s really messed up to bury two of your children.

  5. msladydeborah on April 1st, 2008 3:10 am | link

    Wow!

    My prayers go out for his family. This is really sad to discover.

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