Bobby Caldwell, ‘What You Won’t Do For Love’ Singer, Dies at 71
thewrap.comfluoroquinolone toxicity syndrome, a debilitating side effect of fluoroquinolone antibiotics.“I held him tight in my arms as he left us.
I am forever heartbroken. Thanks to all of you for your many prayers over the years,” she wrote. “He had been ‘FLOXED,’ it took his health over the last 6 years and 2 months.
Rest with God, my Love.”TheWrap has reached out to Caldwell’s reps for more information.Caldwell’s first hit was part of his eponymous debut album, landing him at the top of the charts and on many soundtracks in the years to come – most recently, on Netflix’s “Mindhunter.” His songs, such as “Open Your Eyes,” found new life as samples as well.
Tupac Shakur’s 1998 tune “Do For Love” incorporated “What You Won’t Do For Love,” while Common incorporated “Open Your Eyes” into popular track “The Light.” He released 16 albums over the course of more than 35 years, ending with 2015’s “Cool Uncle.” During the mid-1980s, as his singer-songwriter career stalled in the U.S., he crafted hits for other performers: “Janet” for the Commodores, “What Kind of Man” for Chicago, “Heart of Mine” for Boz Scaggs and “The Next Time I Fall” for Peter Cetera.
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