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Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin dies at age 78
AP ^ | Nov 19, 2014 2:52 PM (ET) | MESFIN FEKADU

Posted on 11/19/2014 6:35:42 PM PST by DJ MacWoW

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To: DJ MacWoW
I happened to know his brother David when he and Eddie Kendricks performed with the Temptations-David probably had one of the greatest singing voices of that generation.
Had it not been for his almost non-stop drug use he could have signed contracts worth millions.He died penniless of a drug overdose in Philadelphia.
I believe his family still think his death was foul play because he was said to have hundreds of thousands of dollars on him when he died but it was missing from his body when he was brought to the hospital.(he had just finished a tour)
21 posted on 11/19/2014 10:33:20 PM PST by Larry381 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Sorry to see him go. IMHO his brother Davy was the better lead. Hear him on “You’ll Lose A Precious Love” and he just soars


22 posted on 11/20/2014 2:55:27 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: DJ MacWoW

GREAT song with extraordinary lyrics that touches the deepest part of the heart for so many.

Joan Osborne has THE absolute definitive version in her live version in the documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” with the legendary Funk Brothers.

HD version on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVt6woj-sEY


23 posted on 11/20/2014 4:30:30 AM PST by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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At the rate we are going, all the musical stars will be gone and there will be no more music.

All we'll be left with are rap-talkers (who die far before they reach ol' age) and autotune compufrauds.

24 posted on 11/20/2014 4:41:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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