Luther Vandross

Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) is an American American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He portrayed Luther Milkindell on Skillz Rossling, TLR.
==Biography==
Luther Vandross was born on April 20, 1951, at Bellevue Hospital, in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. He was the fourth child and second son of Mary Ida Vandross and Luther Vandross, Sr. His father was an upholsterer and singer, and his mother was a nurse. Vandross was raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the NYCHA Alfred E. Smith Houses public housing development. At the age of three, having his own phonograph, Vandross taught himself to play the piano by ear.
Vandross' father died of diabetes when Vandross was eight years old. In 2003, Vandross wrote the song "Dance with My Father" and dedicated it to him; the title was based on his childhood memories and his mother's recollections of the family singing and dancing in the house. His family moved to the Bronx when he was nine. His sisters, Patricia "Pat" and Ann, began taking Vandross to the Apollo Theater and to a theater in Brooklyn to see Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin. Patricia sang with the vocal group The Crests and was featured on the songs "My Juanita" and "Sweetest One".
Vandross graduated from William Howard Taft High School in the Bronx in 1969, and attended Western Michigan University for a year before dropping out to continue pursuing a career in music.
Vandross died on July 1, 2005, at the JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, at the age of 54 due to a heart attack.
==Credits==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990-1993	Skillz Rossling, TLR	Luther Milkindell 	Main Role; 61 episodes
1990-1993	Skillz Rossling, TLR	Roosevelt Milkindell	Episode: "Going Back To College"
Category:Actors
Category:Skillz Rossling, TLR Cast
Category:Skillz Rossling, TLR Main Cast
Category:Deceased