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Though he was born in Galveston, Texas, he grew up in the high-crime areas of South CentralSouth Central Los Angeles ("South Central") is a large geographic and cultural area lying to the south and southwest of downtown Los Angeles, California. While the name South Central derives from the neighborhood's historical core along south Central Aven Los AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States., CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh, where he joined a gang at the age of 10, and subsequently, at 17, was jailed for four months for theft of $30,000 worth of CadillacCadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation since 1909, produced and mostly sold in the USA; outside of North America, they have been less successful. In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", tires.
His hits included "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" (1973), "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do With You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), "Change" (1982), "Sho' You Right" (1987), and "Practice What You Preach" (1994), among others.
He had been ill with chronically high blood pressureBlood pressure or arterial blood pressure is the pressure (force per unit area) exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels. Unless indicated otherwise, blood pressure refers to the pressure in the large arteries, such as the brachial artery (i for some time, which resulted in renal failureRenal failure is when the kidneys fail to function properly. It can broadly be divided into two categories acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. Acute renal failure is, as the name implies, a rapidly progressive loss of renal function, generally in the autumn of 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom. He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. He died in Cedars Sinai Hospital in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles at the age of only 58. His death was reported as being from renal failure.
Late in his life, White wished to be remembered as a good person who happened to be able to sing.
White's autobiography, Barry White: Love Unlimited, was written with Marc Eliot and published by Broadway Books in 1999.
Barry White's music was frequently showcased on the late- 1990s television show Ally McBeal; the show often used esoteric references to what was going on inside character's heads. In this case, John Cage (played by Peter MacNicol) would hear Barry White sing whenever he was sexually aroused. The use of his music on the show served to revitalize his career, and White eventually made a guest appearance in the show.
Barry White was also the model for the character of Chef in the cartoon series South Park.
He was affectionately parodied by the British comedian Lenny Henry's character "Theophilus P. Wildebeest" (pronounced "wilder beast"), a crooner who "lurved" the ladies but tended to suffer from embarrassing "flat batteries". Another British parody was the character "Fat Harry White" whose innuendo-laden anecdotes used to be a regular feature of Mark Radcliffe's radio show on BBC Radio 1.