US singer Solomon Burke performs during the eighth edition of the Mawazine music festival in Rabat in 2009.

US singer Solomon Burke performs during the eighth edition of the Mawazine music festival in Rabat in 2009.Fadel / AFP

Soul singer Solomon Burke dies at airport

AP

AMSTERDAM // Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. He was 70.

An airport police spokesman, Robert van Kapel, confirmed the death of the singer today, and referred further questions to the performer's management.

Burke, who wrote the hit "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" among many others, was both a Grammy winner and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He had been due to perform at a well-known club in Amsterdam on Tuesday.

* AP

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