Edmund Sylvers
American singer
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| Intro | American singer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Singer | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Birth | 25 January 1957, Memphis | |
| Death | 11 March 2004 (aged 47 years) |
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Edmund Theodore Sylvers (January 25, 1957 – March 11, 2004) was the lead singer of the 1970s family disco/soul music group The Sylvers. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Sylvers was 15 years old when he started singing with the family-based musical group, and was 18 when he sang lead on the group's biggest hit, "Boogie Fever" (1975).
Sylvers provided the voice of Marlon on the 1971–73 ABC-TV cartoon series The Jackson 5ive.
Sylvers died of lung cancer at age 47. He was survived by 11 sons and daughters one of whom is actor Jeremy Sylvers.