We lost Teddy in 2010 at the age of 59 from respiratory failure and colon cancer, he was a big part of 70s , music , especially with the group Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, and as a solo singer too. He was a drummer before he joined The Blue Notes, and the story goes that one day he ran to the Mic and sang, and that was it, the hits rolled in after they signed to the Philadelphia label.