The singer, songwriter, and onetime frontman of the Impressions went on to serve as a commissioner in Cook County, Illinois
By Jazz Monroe
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Jerry Butler, the decorated soul singer who became a senior politician in his adopted home state of Illinois, died at his Chicago home on February 20, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, citing a family friend. No cause of death was given, but Butler had been living with Parkinson’s disease. He was 85 years old.
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