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David Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin; [1] January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known. Ruffin was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."
Nedra Ruffin, daughter of Temptations legend David Ruffin passed away on May 19 from COVID-19 complications. The 58-year-old Detroiter was... View Article The post Nedra Ruffin, daughter of the ...
They had eleven children before Susan Ruffin died in 1846. Most of the children died before their father did. Rebecca Ruffin Bland (b. 1823), Jane Ruffin Dupuy (b. 1829), and Ella Ruffin (b. 1832) all died in 1855. Elizabeth Ruffin Sayre (b. 1821) died in 1860, and Ann Ruffin (b. 1844) died in 1863 during the Civil War.
A mob headed to Augusta to lynch Ruffin. He was moved for safety to jail in Aiken, South Carolina, where he remained for two weeks, [7] registered under a false name. A mob of some 30 Georgians came to Aiken but accepted the jailer's statement that Ruffin was not there. [11]
Two presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, have become president in their own right. John Scott Harrison is the only person to be both a child of a U.S. president and a parent of another U.S. president, being a son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison .
Clara Clemens was born at Quarry Farm on June 8, 1874. She spent many summers at the farm for the next 20 years. When her parents traveled around the world in the 1890’s to pay off Mark Twain ...
George Lewis Ruffin, first African-American graduate of Harvard University; Jimmy Ruffin (1936–2014), American singer; Joe Ruffin, victim in the Jenkins County, Georgia, riot of 1919; Josephine Ruffin, American civil rights leader; Michael Ruffin, American basketball player; Oxblood Ruffin, Canadian hacker, member of Cult of the Dead Cow and ...