LA, May 17: Soul singer Barry White, battling kidney failure since last fall, suffered a new health setback on May 1 with a speech-impairing stroke, his daughter revealed on Friday. The stroke also affected the right side of White's body, but the 58-year-old entertainer is otherwise in "great spirits" as he waits for his condition to stabilize enough to undergo a kidney transplant, daughter Shaheara White told reporters at a news conference in Los Angeles.
White's record label, the Island Def Jam Music Group, disclosed in September that he was undergoing dialysis for kidney failure brought on by a history of high blood pressure.

"My dad had surgery May 1 to place a catheter in his arm," his daughter said. "He had a stroke ... that affected his speech and the right side of his body, but he is in great spirits."
The singer, known for his rich bass vocals and musical love-maestro persona, has provided "the mood" for countless candlelight dinners and late-night trysts with such ballads as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe" and "You're the First, The Last, My Everything."
White, a native of Galveston, Texas who grew up in Los Angeles, was honored this week in a resolution adopted by the LA City Council to name a recreation center for him. Bureau Report