Blues Great Otis Rush Is Dead

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Legendary Chicago blues artist Otis Rush has died.

The guitarist's manager said Rush passed away Saturday from complications brought on by a previous stroke.

Rush helped to build Chicago's "West Side" sound. He jumped to fame with his hit "I Can't Quit You Baby." The Blues Hall of Fame inductee won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Recording in 1999.

Otis Rush was 84.

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