Redferns
Brenton Wood, the singer who rose to fame thanks to his 1967 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” has died. He was 83.
Wood passed away on Friday at his Moreno Valley, California home, surrounded by friends and family, his manager and assistant, Manny Gallegos, confirmed to The Post. TMZ was the first to break the news.
Though an official cause of death has not been revealed, Gallegos told The Post, “It just was his old age. He was 83 years old.”
“He went in his sleep peacefully. The love that he gave us, God took him the same way,” he said.
Gallegos added that on Thursday Woods gave him a message he wanted relayed to his fans. “I might not be here for long,” Woods told him.
“He said, ‘Catch you on the rebound,’” Gallegos revealed.
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