Grundy died on July 27, 2015, after a season of health complications.
[1] Grundy was born in Los Angeles, California, United States[2] graduated from high school at fifteen, and went on to the University of Southern California to study at their conservatory of music.
[3][4] His music recording career started in 1979 when he wrote "Call Him Up" for Keith Pringle and the Pentecostal Community Choir.
[6] The subsequent album, The Rickey Grundy Chorale, was released in 1990,[5] and placed at No.
[6] Grundy portrayed the choir leader in the 2004 motion picture The Ladykillers by the Coen brothers.