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Betty Davis, '70s funk icon, dead at 77

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Trailblazing funk musician Betty Davis has died at the age of 77. The star, who was once married to jazz legend Miles Davis, died in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to a statement on her official website.

Davis died in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where she'd lived since childhood, the statement reads. Davis' close friend and collaborator Danielle Maggio told Fox News Digital that the singer died of natural causes.

Betty Davis, '70s funk icon, has died at the age of 77. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images) Davis was known for her songs "Anti Love Song," "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up" and "Nasty Gal." She was also known for writing "Uptown (to Harlem)" by the Chambers Brothers, which was featured heavily in the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)." Davis married Miles Davis in 1968.

She was featured on the cover of the jazz legend's "Filles de Kilimanjaro" album, released the same year. She was also the inspiration for the song "Mademoiselle Mabry (Miss Mabry)," as her birth name was Betty Mabry.

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