Andrae Crouch, who won seven Grammy awards over the course of his decades-long career, died in Los Angeles Thursday, according to his publicist Brian Mayes of the Nashville Publicity Group.
The legendary gospel singer, songwriter, record producer and pastor, spent his final days being treated at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where he was admitted Saturday after suffering a heart attack, Mayes said in a statement posted on the firm’s website.
In addition to his Grammys, Crouch received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the score for the 1985 film “The Color Purple.” He was also inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.