Alwin Lopez " Al " Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American jazz singer . He won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. He was best known for his album Breakin' Away (1981) and singing the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting . He was also a performer in the charity song " We Are the World " (1985). He was born in Milwaukee , Wisconsin .

Jarreau had been treated for exhaustion the week before his death. He died from respiratory failure on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles , California . He was 76. ^[1]

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