This Nov. 19, 2014, file photo shows James Ingram at the 2014 Ebony Power 100 Gala in Los Angeles. Ingram, the Grammy-winning singer who launched multiple hits on the R&B and pop charts and earned two Oscar nominations for his songwriting, has died. He was 66. Debbie Allen, and actress and Ingram’s frequent collaborator, announced his death on Twitter on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Attempts by The Associated Press to confirm Ingram’s death with his family or representatives have been unsuccessful. (Photo by Brian Dowling/Invision/AP, File)