She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Bill Withers, whose timeless hits include “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died. He was 81. The three-time Grammy Award-winning singer ...

Big city life never altered the inner soul of Slab Fork-born Bill Withers ... who performed “Lean on Me,” friends and family, Stratton High classmates of Withers’ and many others.

“Lean on Me,” written by Bill Withers in 1972. In 2020, when the song became the anthem for the pandemic, having already been a source of strength in other times of public concern, like 9/ ...