Pastor drops dead in pulpit after singing Pharrell’s ‘Happy’ song

Pastor Gordon A. Humphrey of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago dropped dead in the pulpit after singing the well-loved song, Happy by Pharrell Williams. �Paramedics were called as church members that are in the medical field tried to revive their 60-year-old pastor. �He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.

Pastor Humphrey had three churches under his wing at his time of death; two in California and one in Chicago. �Humphrey’s mentee, Pastor Greg Hunter, said his pastor died doing what he loved. �This is where the church is putting the emphasis surrounding his untimely passing. �He enjoyed preaching and singing and always gave his all when doing so. �Hunter added:

He brought all people together. �For years he walked the streets and met with drug addicts and gangbangers that had been enemies and made them begin to love.