Charles Pettigrew was an American

United States

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 singer

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

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Career

Previously, Pettigrew had lived in Boston where he was lead singer of the band Down Avenue. Down Avenue was the winner of radio station WBCN's 1985 Rock 'n Roll Rumble, he was also probably best known as half of R&B duo Charles and Eddie

Charles and Eddie

Charles & Eddie were an American soul music duo, that had four Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart in the 1990s. Their biggest was the worldwide hit single, "Would I Lie to You", taken from their 1992 debut album, Duophonic...

, who had a worldwide hit in 1992 with "Would I Lie To You?

Would I Lie to You? (Charles and Eddie song)

"Would I Lie to You?" is an R&B song by Charles & Eddie. Written by Mike Leeson and Peter Vale and produced by Josh Deutsch, "Would I Lie to You?" was the debut single by the pop-soul duo, and it proved to be their biggest hit...

." The track is amongst the most well-recognised of early '90s r'n'b tracks, Pettigrew met singing partner Eddie Chacon

Eddie Chacon

Eddie Chacon is an American singer/songwriter and a former member of the musical group Charles & Eddie. They had four Top 40 hits in the UK in the 1990s. Their biggest was the worldwide hit single, "Would I Lie to You?," taken from their debut album, Duophonic...

 in New York.

Later life and death

In the late nineties Pettigrew was diagnosed with cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

; he succumbed to the disease on April 6, 2001 at the age of 37.