Otis Redding was 26 when he died??!!

[xXOGLEGENDXx]

Not only did he sound like a grown man, but he looked like he was at least 48.

I always thought he was much older. And he was married with 4 kids.

 

[vino]

shyt, i always thought he was in his late 40’s

 

[Umoja]

Sittin' here restin' my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone, listen

 

[⠀X ⠀]

All black men from back in the day looked old af

 

[MaxBundles]

Woulda never believe you if u didn't just google it myself. That's crazy

 

[Slimkid07]

Clothes, hairstyles and facial hair can change your look dramatically.

If Otis had a fade, slim jeans, kicks and a decent shirt he'd look like Desi Banks

 

[Hazel Brown]

Not only did he sound like a grown man, but he looked like he was at least 48.

I always thought he was much older. And he was married with 4 kids.

Yep. I knew this.

He never got to finish this song but it’s perfect as it is. The whistles at 2.21 were the parts he was going to come back to and finish before he died.



His voice is incredibly soothing.

 

[Silver Surfer]

In college I knew a nikka freshman year that looked like a 45 year old Danny Glover

 

[Dre God]

All black men from back in the day looked old af

Higher testosterone levels and more day to day stress for the average Black man at that time period.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Wonder if he was lying about his age

 

[Loken]

was my dads fave saw him in lake charles louisiana not to long before he passed

 

[Noriega]

Higher testosterone levels and more day to day stress for the average Black man at that time period.

Cigarette Smoking was also the norm

My grandpa said he was chewing tobbaco at 10, smoking at 12

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

Higher testosterone levels and more day to day stress for the average Black man at that time period.

I definitely believe the stress part.

 

[jwinfield]

All black men from back in the day looked old af

Michelle Obama's prom pic from 1982.

 

[Will Ross]

It's the style you assoaoite it with older people