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Abdul Kareem "Duke" Fakir (December 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024) was an American singer. He co-founded the Motown quartet the Four Tops and performed in an ensemble under that name from 1953 until shortly before his death.
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group Four Tops, died on Monday aged 88.. He died at his home in Detroit from heart failure, his family said. “We ...
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 ...
Duke Fakir of the Four Tops in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. With the Four Tops, Fakir was a voice on a vast litany of hits through the decades, including some ...
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. Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a statement that Fakir helped embody the Tops' “showmanship, class and artistry. “Duke was first tenor — smooth, suave, and always sharp,” Gordy said.
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 ...
DETROIT (AP) — Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, the last surviving original member of the legendary Motown act the Four Tops, has died at 88. 07/22/2024 19:08 -0400
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.