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Peabo Bryson, a Greenville native and two-time Grammy Award winner<\/a>, died <\/span>Tuesday, June 2 days after suffering a stroke. He was 75.<\/p>\n

Bryson\u2019s family announced his passing in a statement, according to the Variety<\/a>. Multiple media outlets reported on Sunday, May 31 that Bryson was hospitalized after suffering a stroke.<\/p>\n

Born April 13, 1951, Bryson grew up living in both Greenville\u2019s Southernside neighborhood and on his family farm in Mauldin. According to the city of Greenville<\/a>, he started performing with Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display at Mayberry Park<\/a> when he was 14 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenville City Councilmember Lillian Brock Flemming recalls growing up in Southernside with Bryson in a statement following his passing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am saddened by his passing after his stroke,\u201d Flemming said in a statement. \u201cHis presence and God given talent will be greatly missed by this world! I thank God for the opportunity to play together and share our lives as young people. I am praying for his family!\u201d<\/p>\n

The R&B singer was best known for recording the theme songs for two Disney films in the early 1990s. Bryson won two Grammys for his duet \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d with Celine Dion and \u201cA Whole New World\u201d with Regina Belle.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Both tracks won Academy Awards for Best Original Song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryson was given a key to the city by Greenville Mayor Knox White during his performance at The Peace Center in May 2023.<\/a>\u00a0 At the show, state Sen. Karl Allen also presented Bryson with a sign representing a section of North Academy Street that was named in his honor. A mural celebrating Bryson was also unveiled on the wall of The Commons at Unity Park in September 2024. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPeabo Bryson had an unmistakable voice that touched people around the world and a deep sincerity on and off stage,\u201d White said in a statement. \u201cHis many lifelong friends in Greenville are a testimony that his character was as genuine as his talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details will be announced at a later date for the celebration of life and memorial arrangements for Bryson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a statement June 1 from the city of Greenville, Mayor Knox White said the city holds Bryson close to its heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4371,"featured_media":340336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,3,12396,2],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"ppma_author":[40324],"class_list":["post-381635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-culture","category-community","category-featured","category-news","cat-4-id","cat-3-id","cat-12396-id","cat-2-id"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","yoast_head":"\nGrammy-winning Greenville native Peabo Bryson dies at 75 - GREENVILLE JOURNAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peabo Bryson, a Greenville native and two-time Grammy Award winner, has been hospitalized following a stroke.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/news\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grammy-winning Greenville native Peabo Bryson dies at 75\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peabo Bryson, a Greenville native and two-time Grammy Award winner, has been hospitalized following a stroke.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/news\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GREENVILLE JOURNAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-01T20:51:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-03T14:07:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Peabo-Outdoor.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan Fitzgerald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Fitzgerald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/news\\\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/news\\\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Megan Fitzgerald\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86f91a4e32936ffa05420f9ea37850c0\"},\"headline\":\"Grammy-winning Greenville native Peabo Bryson dies at 75\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-01T20:51:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-03T14:07:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/news\\\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/news\\\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Peabo-Outdoor.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Arts & Culture\",\"Community\",\"Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/news\\\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/news\\\/grammy-winning-greenville-native-peabo-bryson-dies-at-75\\\/\",\"name\":\"Grammy-winning Greenville native Peabo Bryson dies at 75 - 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