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		</div><h5><em>Jeff Fusco/Jeff Fusco</em><br />
<strong>Billy Paul won a Grammy for the 1972 single &#8220;Me and Mrs. Jones.&#8221;</strong></h5>
<h1><span style="color:#4d0606;"><strong>Billy Paul, singer famous for &#8216;Me and Mrs. Jones,&#8217; dead at 81</strong></span></h1>
<p>Paul was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was hospitalized last week at Temple University Hospital, his manager Beverly Gay told Philadelphia news outlet NBC 10.<br />
He died Sunday at his home in Blackwood, N.J, according to Gay. A message was posted on his website shortly after his death.<br />
Billy Paul died Sunday at his New Jersey home.</p>
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<em>Photo: Anthony Barboza/Getty Images</em><br />
<strong>Billy Paul died Sunday at his New Jersey home.</strong></h5>
<p>Paul was known for the &#8217;70s single &#8220;Me and Mrs. Jones,&#8221; for which he won a Grammy.<br />
He began his career in showbiz at age 11 when he appeared on the Philly-based radio station WPEN and attended the West Philadelphia Music School and the Granoff School of Music where he received his vocal training.<br />
He served in the Army in 1957 along with fellow musicians Elvis Presley and Gary Crosby, son of Bing Crosby, according to a bio posted on Billypaul.com.<br />
Paul is survived by his wife Blanche.</p>
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‘Me and Mrs Jones’ crooner Billy Paul is Dead
