She gets on the phone and told me she was ill and asked: God, dont take me until I speak to Otis Williams. She said she wanted to tell me how much the music meant to her before she died. Ruffin died in October 2001 at age 51 from leukemia. . Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. had begun assembling an impossibly deep roster of performers and songwriters Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson Five who would change popular music forever. She would undergo eight surgeries that impaired her memory and left her partially paralyzed. Stevie Wonder brought the audience to its feet with a rendition of his song I Love You, and Aretha Franklin rocked them with the gospel song He Looked Beyond My Faults and Saw My Needs.. Ruffin ventured inside, and somehow got his hands on a microphone. The Five Heartbeats - Wikipedia Jimmy Ruffin, Motown singer, dies aged 78 - BBC News On page 67 of the Detroit Free Press's August 19, 1973 issue, is a short article titled "Former Temptations Singer Found Dead." David Ruffin | SoulTracks - Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews He had money of his own from the tour a sizable amount and $22,940 that was due at the end of the tour to Kendricks and Edwards. It could have been a storybook start to a third act revival. Butch Murrell, owner of the limousine service, confirmed on Sunday that he lent a limo to Ruffin and another man. Non-personalized content and ads are influenced by things like the content youre currently viewing and your location (ad serving is based on general location). DeBarge's members were part of the larger DeBarge family, which included a whopping 10 siblings. A CLOUDY DAY THE HARD DEATH OF DAVID RUFFIN By Staff Jun 14, 1991 0 SUBSCRIBE: $1 for 3 months ON MONDAY, the streets of downtown Detroit seemed mournfully dark on a humid, cloudy day. Fournier also said a large sum of money in U.S. traveler's checks was missing from Ruffin, though it wasn't clear if the checks were stolen or if he had taken them to the crack house.
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