"I was never 'the new Teddy Pendergrass,' 'the new Sam Cooke,' 'the new Otis Redding,' 'the new Marvin Gaye.' I was Luther from Day One."
— R&B artist who continued winning Grammys — eight in all — even after a debilitating stroke in 2003
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono: three people on a global mission to end poverty, disease — and indifference
Luther Vandross