Jerry Butler, a politician, soul singer and former member of The Impressions, has died. He was 85. Butler, also known as "Ice Man," died Thursday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. He had been living with Parkinson's disease.

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Jerry Butler, the veteran soul hitmaker who became a local Chicago politician, has passed away. Butler was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and the Chicago Sun-Times reports that he died at home on Thursday night.