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Ron Kenoly, a worship leader who maintained a multi-decade career as a gospel singer, died Tuesday morning.

The news about Kenoly's death was confirmed by his friend, musician Bruno Miranda, who shared a post about the late singer on Instagram not long after he died. Kenoly's cause of death wasn't publicly revealed.

Kenoly  was born and raised in Kansas, and he told the Orlando Sentinel he "grew up with an absentee father."

Kenoly briefly spent time in the Air Force before he moved to Los Angeles and began recording with an R&B group in the 1970s, although he eventually left the group, according to The Washington Post.

He eventually enrolled in a Bible college and began focusing on worship music. Kenoly cut his first album, "Jesus Is Alive," in 1991, and he went on to record numerous other albums over the next few decades.

Kenoly later founded Ron Kenoly Ministries, which was based in Orlando, Florida.

Kenoly was 81 years old.

Acclaimed jazz bandleader Ken Peplowski has died ... and his sudden passing occurred right before he was to play on a cruise already at sea, TMZ has learned.

A passenger on The Jazz Cruise tells TMZ ... the renowned clarinetist and saxophonist died yesterday. Ken was supposed to play on the cruise in the late afternoon with a quartet ... and was a no-show. A search ensued and he was found dead inside his cabin. His death was announced prior to the big band main feature concert later that night. The ballroom was shocked ... with a lot of gasps and then silence.

A statement from the niche cruise's executive director, Michael Lazaroff, reads in part ... "He was a great musician, but he was also one of the very best entertainers ever. I do not know any musician who respected the bandstand more than Ken. He was always prepared, love performing with his fellow musicians, and, man, could he play!"

Ozzy Osbourne definitely stopped by the Grammys on Sunday, his widow Sharon says ... telling fans she felt her late husband's presence during Post Malone's tribute.

The singer-songwriter shared a clip Monday from music's biggest night ... which captured Posty belting out Black Sabbath's hit song "War Pigs" while legendary guitarist Slash backed him up.

The clip cuts between the performance and Osbourne's emotional family looking on with tears streaming down their faces.

Cher might've made a mistake while presenting Kendrick Lamar and SZA with the Record of the Year award at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday ... but SZA's not taking it personally.

FYI ... the "Believe" singer accidentally read out "Luther Vandross" -- before she corrected herself and named "Luther" the Record of the Year.

SZA talked with Entertainment Tonight and said she didn't mind Vandross being named by Cher ... because his energy "allowed us to win and that allowed it to be memorable." FYI -- Vandross and Cheryl Lynn's cover of "If This World Were Mine" was sampled on the track.

Chappell Roan made a lot of headlines Sunday night when she walked the Grammys red carpet with her boobs on full display ... and today she claims to be surprised by the attention!

In case you missed them ... CR wore a sexy and risqué sheer red dress for the cameras on her way in to the show ... and it got noticed big time -- because, duh!

Then on Monday, the singer-songwriter claimed to be taken aback by all the attention ... posting on IG she was "giggling" because it was not "even THAT outrageous of an outfit." Sure, Jan.

Reverend Jordan Wells has been an NFL fan his whole life ... but he told us he's boycotting the Super Bowl this year -- and not because his beloved Kansas City Chiefs didn't make it ... it's because Bad Bunny's headlining the halftime show.

Wells stopped by "TMZ Live" to explain his boycott of Super Bowl LX has nothing to do with Bad Bunny singing in Spanish ... it has everything to do with the Puerto Rican superstar supposedly making himself an activist, who Wells says, is demonizing one half of the country.

Wells says ... "I expect this Super Bowl to be the most political Super Bowl we have ever seen, because of who they picked and because of how the NFL has handled that."

Turning Point USA just revealed its lineup for its own Super Bowl halftime show ... and to no one's surprise Kid Rock is on the list.

Kid Rock is a huge President Trump supporter, and he will be joined on stage by Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett.

TPUSA is calling the event "The All American Halftime Show," and it's airing on five networks, plus TPUSA's social media channels on YouTube, X, and Rumble.

Lola Young had a great night at the 2026 Grammy Awards ceremony ... but her slip of the tongue ended up slipping by censors.

Here's the deal ... the pop star won the award for Best Pop Solo Performance last night, and her emotions really must have caught up with her ... because she dropped an F-bomb while accepting her Grammy.

Lola admitted she didn't have anything prepared for the moment, stating ... "I don’t know what to say. Thank you so much. You can tell by my f***ing ... Sorry, sorry, sorry."

Lola ended up composing herself, and she said she was "very, very grateful" for the award.

The thing is, the F-bomb apparently made it past CBS censors on YouTube TV ... and the slip-up could mean an FCC fine's on the table, Deadline reports.

Lola wasn't the only artist who dropped a four-letter word during the Grammys ... Sabrina Carpenter got bleeped while performing "Manchild" at the awards show, and Billie Eilish did too while making a statement about ICE.

Wyclef Jean has more than 30 years in the music industry, but by the looks of it, he's still only just getting started ... he told us he's going to release an album a month, for seven months, starting in March!

He broke the news when we caught up with him Monday at LAX. He told us the 7 projects include a hip hop album, a country album, an R&B album, a jazz album ... and 3 more he's keeping mum about.

According to the legendary producer and rapper, he wants to show music fans how so much of what we listen to today originated with him.

Alex Warren had a rough time performing at the 2026 Grammy Awards ceremony Sunday night ... and he's blaming an error with his in-ear monitors for the mess-up.

ICYMI ... the songwriter, who was put up for the Best New Artist award, performed his track "Ordinary" during the broadcast -- and he was about half a beat behind for part of the song, E! News reports.

Warren tried adjusting his microphone pack while singing ... eventually pulling his in-ear monitors out.

Warren addressed the glitch on TikTok on Sunday evening ... over a layered and off-time version of "Ordinary," he wrote the caption ... "When you’re performing at the Grammys and all you hear is this in your in ears."

The singer put his head in his hands and mock-screamed in frustration.

The comments section of the post was full of support for Warren, with Trisha Paytas writing he "crushed it" on stage.

Celebs were lining up at the Grammys to speak out against ICE ... but Jelly Roll wanted no part of it, flat-out dodging the topic and calling himself a "dumb redneck" when asked for his take.

Fresh off winning 3 Grammys Sunday, Jelly was pressed backstage about what’s going on in the country RN, but he shut it down fast ... saying nobody should care about his opinion, especially since he hasn’t been keeping up with the news and didn’t even have a phone for 18 months at one point recently.

JR traced his disconnection from politics all the way back to his childhood ... growing up in a "drug-addict household" full of "insane pandemonium" and admitting he "didn’t even know politics were f***ing real" until landing in jail in his mid-20s.

Darius Dixson walked into L.A. hotspot TAO as a 2-time Grammy winner for his song "Folded" last night ... but he told us the most important thing was his collaborator Kehlani's speech.

DIXSON told us ... "The most important artists of our time say important things when it counts, and I believe that Kehlani is just doing what she's supposed to do, and I'm gonna stand next to her, man."

ICYMI ... Kehlani went after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement head-on Sunday.

During her acceptance speech, she said, "Everybody is so powerful in this room, and together we're stronger in numbers to speak against all the injustice going on in the world right now."

Lady Gaga seems to have given Bad Bunny some meaningful words of encouragement moments before he took home Album of the Year at last night's Grammys ... and the sweet moment was caught on camera.

Benito was quietly sitting at his table ahead of the big announcement during a break in the show ... when Gaga approached him from behind, tapped his right shoulder and startled him nearly out of his seat.

While the video doesn't capture any audio ... she was seen leaning in and whispering something in his ear before giving him a gentle hug. He lets out a deep sigh of relief, as she heads back to her seat.

Music may be their first love, but fashion is definitely one of their callings ... the celebs are going super glam as they begin to hit the Grammy Awards red carpet ... and we have pics of all the hottest looks so far!

KATSEYE looked like absolute angels in their matching fits.

Not to be outdone ... Sabrina Carpenter had photogs absolutely gagging over her custom Valentino gown. The legendary icon passed away earlier this year.

And Yungblud embraced Sharon Osbourne before heading inside ... a touching moment considering Sharon's late husband, Ozzy, was an inspiration and mentor to Yungblud.

Music's biggest night had some even bigger moments Sunday ... from Kendrick Lamar to Sabrina Carpenter, everyone took time to shine at the Grammy Awards -- and we're bringing you the most memorable moments here along with some you might have missed!

Sabrina opened the show sporting an all-white pilot-inspired ensemble to perform her song "Manchild."

And Sombr dazzled the crowd in his sparkly fit, performing his hit "12 to 12."

But later, Kendrick stole the entire show taking home multiple awards including Best Rap Album and Record of the Year.

That is until Bad Bunny swooped in and snagged the night's top honors with Album of the Year!

For a sweet moment, Queen Latifah and Doechii came together to hand Kendrick his Best Rap Album award.

But things turned less than wholesome as Justin Bieber didn't disappoint in his return to the Grammy stage ... he stripped down to his boxers and socks to sing his hit "Yukon" for the stunned crowd and adoring wife, Hailey Bieber.

The Prince of Darkness lived on at the 2026 Grammys ... Post Malone invoked Ozzy Osbourne's presence at the award show with a moving performance honoring the late rocker.

PM paid tribute to the icon while he was backed up by a band featuring Slash and Chad Smith.

Ozzy's family was spotted in the audience with tears running down their cheeks as PM and crew absolutely rocked the stage.