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Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last founding member of the Four Tops, has died. He was 88.Fakir died of heart failure surrounded by his wife and loved ones early Monday in Detroit, Michigan, according to ...
Fakir was born on December 26, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan. His father was a factory worker who came from what is now Bangladesh. [1] His mother was an African American from Sparta, Georgia. [2] [3] Fakir attended Detroit's Pershing High School, [4] where he played basketball and football, and ran track. [5]
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, a founding member of the Motown group the Four Tops, has died, according to his family. He was 88. Fakir died of heart failure in Detroit on Monday, surrounded by his wife ...
Fakir died Monday of heart failure at his home in Detroit, according to a family spokesperson, with his wife and other loved ones by his side. The Four Tops were among Motown's most popular and ...
Main Street People is the twelfth album by R&B group the Four Tops, released in 1973.It produced three singles, one of which, "Sweet Understanding Love" was the group's last top 40 single in the US for eight years.
All four members of the group began their careers together while they were high-school students in Detroit.At the insistence of their friends, Pershing High students Levi Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir performed with Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton from Northern High at a local birthday party.
Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88. Associated Press. July 24, 2024 at 4:32 AM. ... with his wife and other loved ones by his side.
"Turn On the Light of Your Love" (Len Perry, Levi Stubbs, Jr., Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir) "When Tonight Meets Tomorrow" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry) "Love Music" "Remember What I Told You to Forget" "(I Think I Must Be) Dreaming" "The Good Lord Knows" (Renaldo Benson, Len Perry) "Jubilee With Soul" (Joe Smith, Val Benson, Renaldo ...