Joel Roux-Neville Dies

Joel Roux-Neville, the wife of R&B singing legend Aaron Neville, died today after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 66.

Roux-Neville was first diagnosed with the disease in 2004 and at that time was given three months to live. She died at the couple’s home south of Nashville surrounded by family members, her husband’s spokesman, Jerry Digney, said this evening.

The high school sweethearts would have celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, Digney said in a news release.

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Funeral arrangements in New Orleans were pending.

Survivors besides her husband include four children, her mother, a sister and two brothers, all of New Orleans.

Rest In Peace, Joel.