Soul singer Jerry ‘Ice Man’ Butler dies at 85

Jerry Butler performs Only the Strong Will Survive at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York. Picture: Jason DeCrow/AP

Jerry Butler, a key soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as “For Your Precious Love”, “Only the Strong Survive” and “Make It Easy On Yourself”, has died at age 85.

Butler’s niece, Yolanda Goff, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he died on Thursday at his home in Chicago, US.