Photo: Cat Glover | By Abid Rahman, Hollywood Reporter | Cat Glover, the singer, dancer and choreographer who worked with Prince during his late 1980s pomp, has died. She was 60. Glover’s death was announced on her official Facebook page. “It’s with great sadness that we formally announce the passing of Catherine Vernice Glover- AKA ‘Cat.’ Please allow her children, family and friends privacy at this difficult time,” the short statement said. No cause of death was given.
Glover is indelibly linked to Prince and worked with the late artist on a number of projects, including on the albums Sign o’ the Times and Lovesexy and their related music videos, concert films and tours. She also famously provided the rap on Prince’s single “Alphabet St.”
Born Catherine Vernice Glover on July 23, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. One of six children, Glover attended Esmond Elementary and Morgan Park High Schools. She began dancing aged five, and it would quickly become a lifelong passion. Prince would also become a passion and Glover made it her life’s goal to meet the singer.
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Hoping to attract Prince’s attention, Glover got her big break as a dancer on the talent show Star Search, which was then hosted by Ed McMahon. Performing as part of a dance duo known as Pat and Cat, with Patrick Allen, Glover won over the audience with their high octane moves. Pat and Cat won seven out of 8 times on Star Search, with two perfect scores, but lost the finals and the $100,000 prize.
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September 2024
24: Cat Glover, 60, American choreographer and musician (“Alphabet St.”).
23: Osmar Milito, 83, Brazilian pianist and composer; Freddie Salem, 70, American guitarist (Outlaws), cancer.
21: Benny Golson, 95, American jazz saxophonist and composer (“I Remember Clifford”, “Stablemates”, “Whisper Not”); Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand musician, cancer; Roger Palm, 75, Swedish drummer (ABBA), complications from Alzheimer’s disease; Juan Carlos Salazar, 59, Venezuelan singer and cuatro player.
20: Metin Arolat, 52, Turkish singer and director, heart attack; Kathryn Crosby, 90, American actress (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Anatomy of a Murder, Operation Mad Ball) and singer; Richard Dyer, 82, American music critic (The Boston Globe); Srirangam Kannan, 72, Indian musician; Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz saxophonist and composer, bladder cancer.
19: Florence Warner, 77, American singer; Eduardo Xol, 58, American television personality (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), musician, designer and entertainer, stabbed.
18: Juan Brujo, 61, American singer (Brujeria), heart attack; Dick Diamonde, 76, Dutch-born Australian bassist (The Easybeats); Nick Gravenites, 85, American blues musician (The Electric Flag, Big Brother and the Holding Company) and record producer (“One Toke Over the Line”); Zulya Kamalova, 55, Russian-born Australian singer, cancer.
Extra Memorials:
15: David Davis, 63, American bluegrass musician, traffic collision;
13: Chalmers Davis, 73, American keyboardist (Little Richard, Johnny Cash, The Shooters).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024
Photo: Cat Glover | From her official Facebook page
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