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Only eight days before his 32nd birthday, Pendergrass was home in Gladwyne, an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, for a little rest and relaxation before preparing for a photo shoot, commercial, and HBO special. He had decided to hang out with his friend, Yvette, at the Elan, a popular club in Philadelphia. “He relates in the book that after socializing for a while, a woman approached Pendergrass and reminded him that they had met before at his 30th birthday party. She joined them. As the evening progressed, Yvette reminded Pendergrass she had to be home early. Not wanting to be rude, he asked the woman to ride with him to take Yvette home. The fatal accident occurred after leaving Yvette’s home.” As of 2015 there are plans to make a feature film biopic of Pendergrass's life, and Tyrese Gibson is set to star as the late singer. [24] In 2020, Essence Magazine wrote that Gibson reached out to Lee Daniels to produce the film. [25] She said about Pendergrass at the time. ‘I was concerned about him. I was concerned if he was really hurt. I feel about him as I do about any other human being. I thought we were both going to die.’ There were a few minutes in the film about Teddy and I saw it and I realised I didn’t know what had happened to Teddy. For some reason I’d forgotten about him. The Los Angeles Times is giving itself a day to debate the issue as politcally-correct newsrooms are wont to do, by running a brief obit which does not mention the specifics of the crash that ended Pendergrass’ career as sex symbol and turned him into a figure of pity. The New York Times, for now, is relying on that AP report.
This proves to me I can. I have. Others can. It's just a wonderfully glorious opportunity that I've been given, and I'm just taking total advantage of it." PGN: Happy memories? TW: The Christmas I was reunited with my family in 1962. I was 10 and had been separated from my family for a time. It was the best Christmas ever to be with them again. And when I got clean and sober. A friend of mine named Phil from the Westbury Bar took me to an AA meeting and it saved my life. I’ll be 14-years sober in June. We know Tenika's story will inspire anyone - especially LGBTQIA+ people whose stories have been historically undervalued - and look forward to releasing the next chapters of Tenika's story. PGN: What did you like to do as a kid? TW: My parents had 7 acres of land, so we would play hide and seek, get tadpoles from the brook and explore the land. I’m a country girl at heart.
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Singer Suffers Spinal Injury in Auto Crash in Philadelphia". The New York Times. March 19, 1982 . Retrieved February 12, 2019. Pendergrass was driving in the East Falls section of Philadelphia when he lost control of his Rolls Royce. Celebrate #TransJoy by supporting My Life Is No Accident: Tenika Watson's Story, an audio-memoir that documents Tenika's journey of self-love, survival & recovery! First, the car started speeding up really fast, and I was wondering, 'Was he driving fast?' -- but he wasn't. It was out of control," Watson says. "Then I noticed he was struggling with the wheel, and all of a sudden I heard this great big bang." Alemour, Olu (May 3, 2007). "People Get Teddy". wavenewspapers.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008 . Retrieved August 3, 2008.
I don’t shy away from asking the difficult questions because I know that’s what the audience will want me to do. As far as Teddy and his sexual preferences go I did ask Tenika and she said he didn’t know about her being a trans woman and Teddy himself said that as well.” PGN: Any siblings? TW: Oh yes, I’m one of eight! Well, nine actually, but my oldest sister died shortly after birth. I’m the third from the end.But Pendergrass suffered a spinal cord injury, leaving him paralysed from the chest down. He was 31. Following the tragic accident there were many who doubted the soul singer’s ability to ever return to making music. Speaking to Life and Style about how she got the inspiration to make If You Don’t Know Me, she says: “I’ve always been a soul girl. When I was at school in break time we’d be in the hall doing little formation dances to soul records. I remember seeing this documentary about Shep Gordon who was Teddy’s manager.
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