Angela Bofill Dies: Hit Singer For ‘I Try’ And ‘Angel Of The Night’ Was 70

Angela Bofill, who had numerous hits on the R&B charts in the 1970s and 1980s, died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Vallejo, California at 70. No cause was given by her manager and on her personal Facebook account.

Her hits included I Try, This Time I’ll Be Sweeter, and Angel of the Night.

“ON BEHALF OF MY DEAR FRIEND ANGIE, I AM SADDENED TO ANNOUNCE HER PASSING ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 13TH,” the first post Facebook post read.

A second update added, “JUST TO CLEAR UP THE CONFUSION. ON BEHALF OF SHAUNA BOFILL, HUSBAND CHRIS PORTUGUESE, WE ARE SADDENED BUT MUST REPORT THAT THE PASSING OF ANGELA YESTERDAY IS INDEED TRUE. WE THANK MELBA MOORE AND MAYSA FOR THEIR EARLY CONDOLENCES. THANKs FOR YOUR MANY POST.”

The message was signed by her friend and manager, Rich Engel.

The singer had two strokes, in 2006 and 2007, and had to learn again how to walk and sing.

Speaking to The Denver Post in 2011 after taking off five years to recover, Bofill said she was happy to be back.

“I feel happy performing again,” Bofill says. “I need crowd. In the blood, entertain. Any time a crowd comes to see me, I’m surprised. No sing no more and still people come. Wow. Impressed,” she said in the interview.

Bofill released her first studio album, Angie, in 1978, and continued recording into the 1990s.

Her funeral will be held at St. Dominick’s Church in California on June 28 at 1 p.m.