Jerry Butler at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Awards at New York's Apollo Theatre in 2001 (Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect/Getty) Jerry Butler, the original lead singer of the R&B and soul group ...

Butler was the original lead singer of the Impressions before embarking on a successful solo career Jack Vartoogian/Getty Jerry Butler has died at the age of 85. Per the Chicago Sun-Times, Butler died ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago soul music giant and politician Jerry Butler has died at 85 years old. Butler first broke onto the charts in 1958 with The Impressions for the ballad "For Your Precious Love." ...

Jerry Butler, the soul singer-songwriter and hit maker known as the Iceman, died Thursday at his home in Chicago. He was 85. His assistant confirmed his death to The New York Times, sharing that ...

Jerry Butler, who found R&B stardom in the late 1950s as the first lead singer of the Impressions before moving on to a solo career and a second life in Chicago politics, died Thursday. He was 85. His ...

Butler had been living with Parkinson's disease prior to his death. The co-founder of the music group The Impressions, Jerry Butler — an iconic baritone singer, has died. He was 85 at the time of his ...

Jerry Butler, the decorated soul singer who became a senior politician in his adopted home state of Illinois, died at his Chicago home on February 20, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, citing a family ...

Jerry Butler, the original lead singer of the R&B and soul group The Impressions, has died. He was 85. The Mississippi-born musician started singing as a teenager in a Chicago church choir alongside ...

Jerry Butler performs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York in 2008. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press) Jerry Butler, who found R&B stardom in the late 1950s as the first lead ...

Jerry Butler, the legendary singer who fronted The Impressions before entering a career in politics in Illinois, has died. He was 85. The Iceman’s niece Yolanda Goff confirmed his death to the Chicago ...

Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, who succeeded early hits as lead singer of the keystone R&B group Impressions and a notable solo career with years as a Windy City politician, has died, according to ...