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R&B star and actor TYRESE GIBSON paid tribute to the late TEDDY PENDERGRA= SS on late night TV in America on Wednesday (20Jan10) by performing the s= oul classic he and the beloved singer worked on together.
Gibson served up a "surprise" for Pendergrass fan George Lopez when he = interrupted their chat on Lopez Tonight to belt out the soul great’s Come= On Over To My Place - the song he’ll sing in an upcoming biopic.
The Transformers star revealed he had been working with Pendergrass in = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while preparing for his portrayal of the golde= n-voiced star, and was upset by news of his death last week (13Jan10).
Gibson said, "I started going to Philly (for) a week at a time because = I was doing the research for the life story of Teddy Pendergrass. I never= sung in the movie so it would have been my first time singing in a film.= It’s (the film) still in motion.
"We ended up getting really close and that’s like my step-pops. It was = a big loss." Gibson then stepped up to the mic and performed Come On Over with Lopez= ’s house band.

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