Cat Glover, the singer and dancer whose winning streak on television Star Search The talent competition caught the attention of David Bowie and the artist she was most closely associated with, Prince, has also died. She was 60.
Her death was announced on her official Facebook page last night. “It is with great sadness that we officially announce the passing of Catherine Vernice Glover – aka ‘Cat’. Please allow her children, family and friends privacy at this difficult time.” Cause of death and other details were not disclosed, but the message said that “a further statement will be released in due course.”
She was born on July 23, 1964 as Catherine Vernice Glover in Chicago. She began dancing at the age of five and first gained recognition in 1986 as part of the dance duo Pat & Cat with Patrick Allen. Star SearchThe act was the first in the competition to receive the full score of four stars.
Glover later said that she was offered a job as a backing dancer by David Bowie, but chose to work with Prince, which brought her the most fame. In the late 1980s, she was a dancer and backing singer on Prince’s Sign o’ the Times and Lovesexy tours and rapped on the The Black Album Track “Cindy C.” and the Lovesexy Album “Alphabet St.” She appeared in various videos for these albums as well as in the Prince concert film from 1987 Signs of the times.
After splitting from Prince – addressing various rumors about the reason – Glover said in a 2018 radio interview that she decided to leave in part because Prince was focusing on the 1989s. Batman Soundtrack.
In her post-Prince years, Glover continued to work as a choreographer and perform. In a 2016 interview with The Crusader newspaper, Glover reflected on Prince’s death at the time, saying she last spoke to him less than two years ago, when he called her out of the blue while she was recovering in hospital from a serious health problem. “He said a lot of people reached out to him,” Glover said. “He supported me. He was there for me the whole time…”
Information on survivors was not immediately available.
