Trivia

Had been almost 6' 4" since he was 14 years old.

Changed his last name from Carter to "White" when he first met his father.

Had a beard since he was 13 years old.

In August 1999, White was force to cancel a month's worth of tour dates owing to exhaustion, high blood pressure and a hectic schedule.

Posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame on September 20, 2004.

Ranked #78 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.

He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 12, 2013.

Parodied by Chevy Chase (as "Very White") in a first-season episode of Saturday Night Live (1975).

His remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered by his family off the California coast.

"Love's Theme" (which he recorded with the Love Unlimited Orchestra) was used by ABC Sports for many years as the theme music for its golf coverage.

Father of Barry White Jr., Melva, Nina (born 1965) and Darryl (born 1966) from his first marriage to "Betty White" - Father of Shaherah White or Brigette from his marriage to Glodean White.

In September 2002, White was hospitalized with kidney failure attributed to chronic diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure.

White was overweight for most of his adult life-weight 375 pounds (170 kg) according to Casey Kasem and suffered from related health problems.

While undergoing dialysis and awaiting kidney transplant in May 2003, White suffered severe stroke, which force him to retire from public life. At around 9:30 a.m. in the morning. On July 4, 2003, 29 years day after he married Glodean White. White died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at age of 58.

Friends with Jermaine Jackson, Wink Martindale, and Muhammad Ali.

None of his children were big he was.

In the fall of October 1995, White was admitted to a hospital as result of high blood pressure.

The American professional wrestler Super Dragon (Daniel Lyon) calls one of his finishing moves the Barry White Driver. What Barry White ever had to do with dropping people on their heads was never explained.

His daughter with Glodean White, named Brigette, was featured on an episode of A Baby Story (1998) on TLC, having her third child, Jason, with husband Jeff. They also have a daughter named Brittany and a son named Justin.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 568-569. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

90ties, was impersonated by Piet Paulusma on the "Playbackshow". Hosted by: Hennie Huisman.

Has a edema, he unable to stand up his legs and ankle are swell up.

In decade, white smokes four packs of cigarettes a daily.