"He made us walk in his shoes, felt what he felt and loved what he loved," Gordy told Stubbs' family, friends and fans at Greater Grace Temple. "He not only sang the song, he was the song. "A Levi ...
DETROIT (Billboard) - Four Tops leader Abdul "Duke" Fakir called the late Levi Stubbs "one of the best singers in the world, period, of all time" and "a great man" in the first comments from the group ...
Levi Stubbs, the front man for The Four Tops, died Friday at his Detroit home. He was 72 years old. His musical journey began with The Four Aims. They changed their name to The Four Tops and built a ...
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The news came Friday: Levi Stubbs, the singer for The Four Tops, had died at age 72. He hadn't performed since 2000. First cancer, then a stroke. Still, the announcement brought numbing sadness, then, ...
As Sound of the City’s movie correspondent, the first thing I thought of when singer Levi Stubbs died on Friday at 72 was Feed me, Seymour! In his sole film role, in Frank Oz’s 1986 screen adaptation ...
DETROIT — Levi Stubbs, the gravelly-voiced, plaintive lead singer of the Motown group the Four Tops, the group’s front man in 1960s pop classics like "Reach Out (I’ll Be There)," and "Bernadette," ...
DETROIT He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. The Wayne County medical examiner's office also confirmed ...
Four Tops star Levi Stubbs has passed away, aged 72. The Motown legend died in his sleep at his home in Detroit last week. Stubbs is survived by his wife Clineice, five children and 11 grandchildren.
DETROIT, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops and one of the most recognizable voices of Motown soul in hits such as "Reach Out I'll Be There," has died in Detroit after a long ...