Curtis Mayfield was born in the US on June 3, 1942. He had a huge influence on the evolution of both soul music and African-American music with political overtones.

He also played the guitar and sang and produced records. Cook County Hospital in Chicago served as the birthplace of Curtis Mayfield, one of Marion Washington and Kenneth Mayfield’s five children.

His mother moved the family into a series of Chicago public housing buildings before they spent their teen years at Cabrini-Green. Mayfield attended Wells Community Academy for his whole second year of high school.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band The Impressions was dubbed the “Gentle Genius” during the late 1950s and early 1960s civil rights struggle. He also gave solo performances.

When Mayfield, Jerry Butler, Arthur, and Richard Brooks joined the Roosters in 1956, his professional career officially got underway. Two years later, with Sam Gooden now a member, the Roosters changed their name to the Impressions. After the band’s two big singles, “For Your Precious Love” and “Come Back My Love,” were popular, Butler left the group.

What was Curtis Mayfield’s cause of death?

Mayfield died of complications from type 2 diabetes on December 26, 1999, at 7:20 AM (12:20 GMT) at the North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell, Georgia.

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