Funk icon Betty Davis dies aged 77

Davis died of natural causes (Picture: Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

Funk icon Betty Davis has died at the age of 77, it has been confirmed.

The musician’s friend, Danielle Maggio, confirmed the news on Wednesday.

Amie Downs, communications director for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where Davis resided, also told Rolling Stone magazine that her cause of death was from natural causes.

Davis rose to prominence in 1964 and went on to release hits such as Get Ready for Betty, It’s My Life, If I’m in Luck I Might Get Picked Up and many more. Davis also wrote the Chambers Brothers song Uptown (to Harlem).

The singer was also famously married music icon Miles Davis, who was 19 years her senior, in 1968. However, their marriage lasted just a year before filing for divorce.

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