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Jimmy Lee Ruffin [3] (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and the older brother of David Ruffin, the lead singer 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 was born Davis Eli Ruffin on January 18, 1941, in the rural unincorporated community of Whynot, Mississippi, 15 miles southeast of Meridian. [5] He was the third born son of Elias "Eli" Ruffin, a Baptist minister, and Ophelia Ruffin. His siblings were Quincy B. Ruffin, Rita Mae Ruffin, and Jimmy Lee Ruffin. Ruffin also had another sister ...
Addicted to cocaine & later crack, Ruffin died of a drug overdose in 1991. Lamman Rucker as Jimmy Ruffin, David's older brother and a Motown performer. Nyjah Moore as Tammi Terrell, David's girlfriend and a Motown performer.
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2014.
It was rumored that Ruffin also hit Terrell in the head with a hammer, which further complicated her unknown condition. [20] [21] This rumor was disputed in Terrell's Unsung episode. [22] At the time of Terrell's death, she was engaged to Ernest "Ernie" Garrett. [19] He was a doctor at the hospital where Terrell had been treated. [17]
Jimmy Buffett. Jimmy Buffett died in the evening hours of Sept. 1, 2023, at 76 years old. His family said in a statement, "He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be ...
Musician, loved for his beach bum soft rock, died in a hospice
Edward James Kendrick [3] (December 17, 1939 [2] – October 5, 1992), [4] better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American tenor singer and songwriter.Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971.