Andre Harrell‘s ex-wife Wendy Credle said her former partner once stated that he wanted a party to celebrate his life after he passed, not a sad funeral.
His wishes will be honored on Sunday, May 24, when a host of celebrities pay tribute to him in a commercial-free television event that will include a party-style theme true to Harrell’s nickname, “Mr. Champagne and Bubbles.”
The influential music executive and founder of Uptown Records died on May 7 at 59 years old of heart failure.
“There is a divine message when a soul as bright as Andre’s — Mr. Champagne and Bubbles — the official life of the party, chooses to transition during a time when so many people, whose lives he touched so deeply, cannot get together to console each other, to share joy-filled stories, and to do the ‘hampty hamps’ two-step in the name of his love,” said Wendy Credle in a statement .
Additionally, Harrell gave Sean “Diddy” Combs his start in the music business, as Combs was an intern at Uptown before he launched Bad Boy Records.
