1. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s.
13 Facts About Vesta Williams
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Vesta Williams once sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves.
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Vesta Williams's family moved from Ohio to Los Angeles in the 1960s.
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Vesta Williams sang on the original version of Joe Sample's "The Survivor", and met producer David Crawford while working with his group Klique.
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In 1991, Vesta Williams released her third album entitled Special, with the title track as a single.
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Vesta Williams continued to work as a session singer, landing spots on albums by such artists as Phil Perry, Howard Hewett, and George Duke.
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Vesta Williams portrayed a saloon singer in the 1993 film Posse, directed by Mario Van Peebles.
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Vesta Williams's last recording was the song "Dedicated," released on 7 December 2010 on Stimuli Music.
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In recent years, Vesta Williams had lost 100 pounds, going from size 26 to size 6.
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Vesta Williams was taping an episode of TV One's Unsung at the time of her death; it aired on January 2,2012.
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On September 22,2011, Vesta Williams was found dead in a hotel room in El Segundo, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.
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Vesta Williams was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on October 4,2011, following a memorial service at West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles, California.
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Vesta Williams is survived by her mother, daughter, three sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren.