Former Prince choreographer, singer, dancer and rapper Catherine “Cat” Glover has died of unspecified causes on the age of 60.

The information was shared right now on Glover’s official Fb web page. “It’s with nice unhappiness that we formally announce the passing of Catherine Vernice Glover- AKA ‘Cat,'” learn the assertion. “Please permit her kids, household and pals privateness at this tough time. An additional assertion will likely be launched in the end.”

Glover served as a choreographer, dancer, singer and rapper on Prince’s 1987 Signal O’ the Occasions and 1988-1989 Lovesexy excursions. She may be seen within the 1987 Signal O’ the Occasions live performance movie and on the 1989 Lovesexy Dwell broadcast and residential video. She additionally performs on his 1988 album Lovesexy, delivering a memorable rap on the album’s debut single “Alphabet St.” Glover may also be heard on his Black Album, initially scheduled for launch in 1987, however shelved and launched for a restricted time in 1994.

“I’ve at all times idolized him, and it isn’t an intimate factor, it is simply… he is nice. I do not suppose there’s anybody that may be as artistic as he can – dance, play all his devices,” Glover mentioned of her admiration for Prince in a 1987 Video Soul interview. “I’ve really sat within the studio and watched him put down every thing by himself, and I’ve simply gone, ‘My God, he is unimaginable, he actually is.'”

Hear Cat Glover Rap on Prince’s ‘Alphabet St.’ (Begin at 2:20) 

Hear Prince (with Cat Glover) Carry out ‘Cindy C’ (begin at 5:30)

Watch ‘It is Gonna Be a Stunning Night time’ from ‘Signal O’ the Occasions’