Mary Ida Vandross, mother of the late R&B legend Luther Vandross, died last week of natural causes, the industry has learned and reported by Urban Network. She was 82.

Mary Ida outlived all four of her children, as well as her only grandchild. She was prominently featured in the promotional campaign for Luther’s posthumous music releases and on-hand to accept the numerous awards, namely for his Grammy-winning project Dance with My Father.

Al Wilson, an R&B singer died Monday of kidney failure at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, Calif.

Wilson began as a spiritual singer at the age of 12. He moved into R&B in the late ‘60s. His hit, “Show and Tell” was a No. 1 Billboard hit in 1973.

The smooth-voiced Wilson began as a spiritual singer and had R&B hits in 1968 with The Snake and Do What You Gotta Do.

Wilson was born June 19, 1939, in Meridian, Miss.. His family moved to San Bernadino in 1958,