Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer Instruments Vocals, Drums Children Jeremy Sylvers | Years active 1971–2004 Name Edmund Sylvers | |
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Birth name Edmund Theodore Sylvers Born January 25, 1957Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. ( 1957-01-25 ) Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S. Similar People Foster Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III, Patricia Lynn "Pat" Sylvers, Jeremy Sylvers | ||
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Edmund Theodore Sylvers (January 25, 1957 — March 11, 2004) was an American singer–songwriter, actor and musician. Sylvers was best known as the lead singer of the American family Disco/soul music vocal group The Sylvers, which hit popular success with songs such as "Boogie Fever" and others during the mid to late–1970s.
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Biography
Born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Los Angeles, California, Sylvers was the fifth child born to Shirley Mae (neé Wyble) (1932 — 2014) and Leon Frank Sylvers, Jr. (1932 — 2005). He began his entertainment career in acting at age fourteen, providing the voice of Marlon Jackson on the ABC–TV cartoon series The Jackson 5ive; which originally aired from 1971 until 1973. After the series, Sylvers started singing with his family-based musical group when he was fifteen years old. Sylvers became the groups lead singer and was eighteen years old when he sang lead on the group's biggest hit, 1975's "Boogie Fever". After the group's success passed, Sylvers embarked on a solo career; releasing his debut "Have You Heard" in 1980.
Personal and death
Sylvers dated singer Freda Payne who was fifteen years his senior from 1979 until January 1983. Sylvers died in a Virginia hospital after a 10–month long battle with lung cancer on March 11, 2004 at age 47. Sylvers had eleven children, one of whom is actor Jeremy Sylvers; who is most known for his role in the 1991 horror film Child's Play 3.
