17  10 2008

BREAKING NEWS :: LEVI STUBBS, lead singer of the FOUR TOPS, dies at 72

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The Four Tops in 1990, from left, Renaldo ‘Obie’ Benson, Levi Stubbs, Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir and Lawrence Payton. Benson died in 2005, Payton in 1997.

POST by NVus

This is a tragic lost FLYPAPER send our condolences to the STUBBS FAMLY.

Levi Stubbs, the lead singer of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops, whose voice endures in such songs as “I Can’t Help Myself” and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” has died. He was 72.

Stubbs died today at his home in Detroit, Billboard.com reported. He had suffered a series of illnesses, including cancer and a stroke, that forced him to stop performing in 2000, Billboard said.

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