Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone is dead at 63. But what happened to her? Let’s take a closer look at Angie Stone’s cause of death.
Angie co-founded the hip-hop trio, The Sequence, in the 1970s. In the late ’90s, she embarked on her solo R&B career, and was most well-known for songs like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You.” Angie released a total of 10 solo albums and was nominated for three Grammys during her career. In 2024, she was inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside her The Sequence bandmates.
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Angie died on March 1, 2025.
On Saturday, March 1, Angie died in a car crash. The vehicle she was riding in was driving from Alabama to Atlanta at roughly 4 a.m. when it “flipped over and was subsequently hit by a big rig,” her manager Walter Millsap III told The Associated Press. Everyone but Angie survived the accident.
The singer was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van flipped at 4:25 a.m. on Interstate 64, according to an Alabama Highway Patrol news release, per The Dallas Morning News. Afterward, a 2021 Freightliner Cascadia truck driven by a Texas man, 33, hit the vehicle. Angie was pronounced dead at the scene, roughly 5 miles south of Montgomery.
What was Angie Stone’s cause of death?
An official cause of death has not been announced for Angie. Blunt force trauma is often listed as the culprit in car accidents. However, underlying health issues and other circumstances can also contribute to a crash fatality. An autopsy can help determine the exact cause.
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On the day of the crash, she was set to perform.
On March 1, Angie was supposed to have performed at the halftime show of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men’s Championship basketball game, per the AP. CIAA Chaplain Pastor Jerome Barber asked for a moment of silence at the game.
“She used her incredible talent, passion, and presence to inspire and touch us with strength and hope,” CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams-Parker said.
Angie’s children have also released a statement.
“Never in a million years did we ever expect to get this horrible news,” Angie’s adult kids, Diamond and Michael Archer, said in a statement, according to the AP. “We are still trying to process and are completely heartbroken.”
Meanwhile, Millsap shared, “We are truly devastated by this unexpected and unfortunate tragedy and there are simply no words to express how we feel.”
