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Many young people today who enjoy Christian music don’t know the name Andrae Crouch. But his peers knew him as the “father of modern gospel music,” a giant figure over five decades who helped lay the foundation for what is now known as contemporary Christian music while making a lasting mark in the mainstream scene, writing, producing and singing for the industry’s biggest names.

A key figure in the Jesus Music movement of the 1960s and 1970s, he helped bridge the gap between black and white Christian music and was recorded by artists such as Elvis Presley and Paul Simon, and produced and arranged for many others, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Quincy Jones, Diana Ross and Elton John.

Crouch’s family announced the music legend, 72, died Thursday, 01/08/14, at 4:30 p.m. at Northridge Hospital Medical Center near Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack Saturday.

His illness forced the cancellation of his Let the Church Say Amen Celebration tour, which had been scheduled to begin Dec. 6 in Philadelphia.

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