Keith Martin Death Cause Explored: On Friday morning, 55-year-old singer Keith Martin was discovered lifeless in his home in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. According to media reports, the police said he could have died a week before his body was found since the cause of death is unknown. After neighbors reported a strange odor coming from Mr. Martin’s apartment, the building’s property manager called the cops,” according to The Manila Bulletin.
Keith Martin, lead vocalist of the multi-platinum selling band Because Of You and a resident of Metro Manila in the Philippines, was discovered deceased in his residence on Friday morning at the age of 55.
Although the exact cause of Martin’s death is unknown, according to the Manila Bulletin, the police suspect he died seven days before his body was discovered. According to reports, after neighbors noticed a odor emanating from what turned out to be Martin’s apartment, the building’s property manager telephoned authorities.
Keith Martin Death Cause Explored
It turned out that Martin had committed suicide after telling his “lovers” that he was making a sex tape, according to witnesses reported by The Sun. On March 12, Martin sang at the Daryl Ong wedding in Antipolo, according to GMA Network in Quezon City.
Sheree Bautista, a Filipina singer and actress who was acquainted with Martin and worked with him, asserted to PEP.ph after his death that he had been ‘brokenhearted’ following a supposed breakup with a girlfriend in the Philippines last year. Bautista brought up the conjecture that Martin had been dead for a week but pointed out that the autopsy results were still to come.
Because Of You, the romantic single by Martin, was among his most recognized works in an R&B discography that included such hits as Never Find Someone Like You.
Keith Martin Rose To Fame
Keith Martin rose to prominence in the United States in the 1990s, and his popularity eventually spread to Asia. He eventually settled down in the Philippines and became famous there. During his time in the Philippines he worked extensively as a record producer and collaborated with such local stars as Jinky Vidal and Luke Mirajes.
He worked on more than one album with the singing sensation Kyla, who has become known as the ‘Queen Of R&B’ in the Philippines.
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Keith Martin Wiki, Bio
Born in Washington, DC in 1966, Martin was raised in a musical family that inspired his own enthusiasm for the art form.
‘You know, Moms, Pops, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, everybody did music so it was always around,’ he told the web show Music Dive.
By the 1980s, he had begun producing in the Washington, DC R&B scene, where he mingled with such celebrities as Johnny Gill, who went on to become a star in New Edition. Martin eventually gambled on being a solo artist after spending part of his early career in the band Masquerade.
Keith Martin Career Explored
Keith Martin released his debut solo album It’s Long Overdue in 1995 and its lead single Never Find Someone Like You increased his profile.
The song’s popularity was massively amplified when it was included on the Bad Boys soundtrack, which went platinum.
However the most famous number from the album, and of Martin’s entire career, turned out to be Because Of You, which also made him a star in the Philippines.
Martin admitted that Because Of You was written ‘for a choir’ and wound up being recorded for his album by accident on the Philippine TV show Letters And Music. He was also well-known in Indonesia, where he created the This Road album, with its title track regarded as his greatest work ever. Martin’s final released single was the 2018 number Return To Me, a wistful romantic ballad in the mold of his previous hits.
‘I guess I am a hopelessly romantic, you know,’ he told the Bali-based MC Rendy Rustam. ‘Love songs, that’s my thing. I love songs that stand time after time.’
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