From car crashes to conspiracies, a new documentary charts the chaotic career of the late soul heart-throb. He was the Godfather of Sex. His music, especially at the peak of his solo career, was very much in the groove of smooth, seductive soul, powered by a husky, passionate-yet-effortless baritone. Pendergrass was sexy as well as sexual.
All we really know was that the singer was riding with a transgender woman and was subsequently paralyzed from the accident. Very important to me. I met Teddy in the seventies. I was coming down the street where I lived at.
Teddy Pendergrass was a superstar who was cut down well before his time. There are so many stories of careers derailed by death, drugs, it controversies. Teddy was going to be the greatest Philly star and not only was his body destroyed by the accident, his very image as a charismatic man was ridiculed by details nobody really knew. I'll never forget the shock of hearing that he was in the car with a 'transvestite' and all of the jokes about how Teddy Tender-ass had pulled the wool over everyone's eyes regarding his sexuality.
Remember Me? What's New? Results 1 to 8 of 8. So It's Confirmed That Teddy Pendergrass Was Bisexual I just saw on Youtube a black guy saying that it's been confirmed that Teddy did have a transsexual with him in the car the day he got in a car accident that caused him to be paralyzed.