What is Leon Ware?
'''Leon Ware''' (February 16, 1940 &ndash; February 23, 2017) was an American music artist, songwriter and [[composer]]. He was born in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including [[Michael Jackson]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]], [[Minnie Riperton]] and [[Marvin Gaye]]. He was known for co-producing the latter's album and the song ''[[I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)|I Want You]]''. Ware died on February 23, 2017 from complications of [[prostate cancer]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spice |first=Anton |url=http://thevinylfactory.com/news/soul-legend-leon-ware-dies-aged-77/ |title=Soul legend Leon Ware dies aged 77 |website=Thevinylfactory.com |date=1940-02-16 |access-date=2017-02-25}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Leon%20Ware.html Artist page] at Soul Walking *[http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Leon%20Ware.html Brief profile of Leon Ware mentions childhood blindness and attending same school as Stevie Wonder] *[http://souljoneswords.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/lets-do-sumthin-sumthin-leon-ware.html Leon Ware interview by Dan Dodds at Soul Jones] *[http://www.soulinterviews.com/leon-ware-2012/ Leon Ware 2012 Interview at Soulinterviews.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225130057/http://www.soulinterviews.com/leon-ware-2012/ |date=2017-02-25 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ware, Leon}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:American songwriters]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:Writers from Detroit]] {{US-bio-stub}}