The blind Southern soul star was renowned for being as bawdy as he was poignant on songs like "Slip Away" and "Too Weak to Fight" ...

Clarence Carter, the Grammy-nominated blues and soul singer known for the raunchy hit 'Strokin',' which was featured in Eddie Murphy's "The Nutty Professor," has died. He was 90.

Blind from the age of 1, Carter's envelope-pushing music won a Grammy and later found new life in Eddie Murphy's remake of "The Nutty Professor." ...

Singer-songwriter, and former husband of Candi Staton, was blind from birth and had further hits including Slip Away and Back Door Santa ...

Clarence Carter death: ‘Strokin’ singer dies at 90 - Hitmaker was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer before his death ...

Being blind didn’t stop Clarence Carter from becoming one of Muscle Shoals music’s most iconic singers. His late ’60s and early ‘70s R&B hits like “Slip Away,” “Patches” and “Snatching It Back” are ...

In songs like “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa,” he performed with the fervor of a backwoods preacher and the bawdy humor of a juke joint.

Renowned soul musician Clarence Carter was the mastermind behind hits like "Patches," "Slip Away" and "Strokin.'" ...

PEOPLE can confirm that Carter died on Wednesday, May 13 ...

Clarence Carter, the blind blues and soul singer-songwriter responsible for ‘ Carter, whose raspy, emotional vocals powered ...

Carter was a self-taught guitarist who was born blind in Montgomery, Alabama.

Blind from age one, the Alabama-born artist taught himself how to play the guitar as a child. Soul musician Clarence ...