Jimmy Lee Ruffin (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)".
Ruffin, who was the older brother of late Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, was born in Collinsville, Mississippi in 1936.
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Jimmy Lee Ruffin (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)".
Though your character, Sonny Heke, the second of Jake and Beth's three boys, was in Alan Duff's original novels, he didn't figure in Warriors the film. Playing this new son of Jake the Muss is Clint Eruera. That's his doleful face underneath Temuera Morrison's wild-eyed visage on the Broken Hearted poster.
On July 1, 2005, Renaldo "Obie" Benson died of lung cancer. Payton's son Roquel Payton replaced him. Levi Stubbs died on October 17, 2008. Morris, McNeir, Roquel Payton and Fakir, who is the only surviving founding member of the group, are still performing as the Four Tops.
Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams from The Primes later joined Williams, Bryant, and Franklin to create the Elgins, who signed to Motown in March 1961 as "The Temptations". Franklin died on February 23, 1995, leaving Otis Williams, then 53, as the last surviving original member of the quintet.
Eddie Kendricks was married to a woman named Patricia until 1975, when they divorced. They had one son together. Eddie had three children altogether, sons Parris and Paul, and daughter, Aika.
Paul Williams committed suicide in 1973 at the age of 34. Ruffin died in 1991 of a drug overdose at the age of 50. Eddie Kendricks, who sang lead on songs like "Just My Imagination," died in 1992 of lung cancer at the age of 52, and bass Melvin Franklin was the same age when he died in 1995 of heart failure.
Stay was a huge success for The Temptations. Being the first single released for Phoenix Rising, a CD from 1998. It features all 5 members on lead (Line Up which was, Harry McGilberry, Terry Weeks, Otis Williams, Barrington Henderson & Ron Tyson).
How did Jimmy Ruffin die?
He was 52. Franklin died of heart failure, a week after he was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a series of seizures, hospital spokesman Ron Wise said. ``He sustained significant neurological damage, which was complicated by diabetes and other medical problems,″ Wise said.
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
| "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" |
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| Length | 6:54 (Single edit) 11:44 (Album mix) |
| Label | Gordy G 7121 |
| Songwriter(s) | Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong |
| Producer(s) | Norman Whitfield |
