Walter C. Scott Jr., co-founder of the iconic R&B group The Whispers, died on Thursday after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 81. Scott Jr., who shared the stage with his identical twin brother Wallace Scott for six decades, died surrounded by his family in Northridge, California, Billboard.com reported.

Walter Scott Jr., a founding member of the iconic R&B group The Whispers, died after his six-month-long battle with cancer on Thursday. He was 81 years old. Scott was surrounded by his loved ones in Northridge, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, when he died, according to the Los Angeles Sentinel.

Walter C. Scott Jr., the singer and co-founder of the R&B group The Whispers — along with his identical twin brother Wallace Scott “Scotty” — has died, a rep for Scott said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. He was 81.