Curtis died from declining health due to paralysis. On August 13, 1990, Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down after stage lighting equipment fell on him at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in...
Curtis Mayfield was born on June 3, 1942 and died on December 26, 1999. Curtis Mayfield would have been 57 years old at the time of death or 69 years old today.