On June 3, 2009 (Lunar Calendar May 11, 2009), ¡°Queen of Bruce¡± Coco Taylor passed away. Picture: Coco Taylor, American Grammy Award winner and famous Bruce singer, died at a hospital in Chicago on June 3, 2009 at the age of 80. A spokesman for Taylor Records said that Taylor had been recovering from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage surgery in May 2009, but did not expect to die from a sudden worsening of his condition. ¡°WangDangDoodle¡± was one of Taylor¡¯s most famous singles. In 1984, Taylor won several Grammy nominations for his selection of ¡°BluesExplosion¡± and won the Best Traditional Bruce Award of the year.