Vann Johnson

{{short description|American singer (1960 - 2017)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| name = Vann Johnson

| background = solo_singer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|11|13}}

| birth_place = Flint, Michigan, United States

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|9|27|1960|11|13}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

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| genre = R&B, gospel, pop, new-age

| occupation = Vocalist

| years_active = 1981–2014

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| past_member_of = See below

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Vann Johnson (November 13, 1960 – September 27, 2017){{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=vann-johnson&pid=186855099|title=Vann Johnson's Obituary on Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=25 October 2017}} was an American singer who toured or recorded with artists such as Michael Bolton,{{cite news|last=Schoemer|first=Karen|title =Michael Bolton The Paramount Seventh Avenue at 33d Street Through Saturday|work = The New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/21/arts/pop-and-jazz-in-review-323491.html?pagewanted=1

|access-date =2010-03-15 | date=1991-11-21}} Neil Young, The Temptations,{{cite news|last=Chun|first=Gary C.W.|title =The Temptations continue their reign as "The Emperors of Soul" |publisher = Star Bulletin|url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/01/12/features/story02.html

|year = 2007|access-date =2010-03-15}} and Yanni.{{cite news|last=Catlin|first=Roger|title =Yanni Phenomenon May Be Fizzling |publisher = Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut, US)|url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/58784262.html?dids=58784262:58784262&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+09%2C+1998&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=YANNI+PHENOMENON+MAY+BE+FIZZLING&pqatl=google

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604191419/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/58784262.html?dids=58784262:58784262&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+09,+1998&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=YANNI+PHENOMENON+MAY+BE+FIZZLING&pqatl=google

|url-status= dead

|archive-date= June 4, 2011

|access-date =2010-03-15 | date=1998-06-09}} She appeared as a featured vocalist in Yanni's live concert album and video, Tribute, in which she sang his first-ever song with completely English lyrics, "Love Is All".{{cite news|title='Messages' Delivered From Michael Bolton & Yanni's Female Vocalist, Vann Johnson, With Launch of New Solo Debut CD At Yule Jam '99 On November 7|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60Messages'+Delivered+From+Michael+Bolton+&+Yanni's+Female+Vocalist,...-a056283995|year = 1999|access-date =2010-03-30}} She was a featured member of the house band, The Groove, for the television show The Singing Bee.

Vann Johnson died on September 27, 2017, at age 56, due to cancer. In her obituary, “her family and friends ask that, in the memory of Ms. Johnson, you donate patience to one another, kindness to a stranger and, most important, love to yourself and to the world.”.