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Another one!  RIP

 

 

Seems like a major recall of the big names up there.  Must be one helluva rocking concert....

 

 

 

Earth, Wind & Fire soul band founder Maurice White dies

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Image caption: In a career that stems back to the 1960s, Maurice White was a singer-songwriter, producer and Earth, Wind & Fire bandleader

 

The founder of soul group Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, has died in the US, his brother has said.

White, 74, died in his sleep in Los Angeles on Thursday morning. He suffered from Parkinson's Disease.

His band had a series of hits including September, Boogie Wonderland, Shining Star and After the Love has Gone.

The singer-songwriter was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1992 but his condition was reported to have got worse in recent months.

Earth, Wind & Fire were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and Maurice was individually inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Image caption: Maurice White (centre) pictured here in 2003 with fellow Earth, Wind & Fire band mates Phil Bailey (left) and Ralph Johnson picked up numerous music industry awards_88110682_8e3c2ece-75bd-463d-a836-c8244dImage copyright: Getty Images

Image caption: Earth, Wind & Fire is perhaps best known for its exuberant, horn-driven mix of jazz, funk, gospel and Big Band music

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Image caption: Maurice White (left) is reported to have shown symptoms of neurological disease as far back as the 1980s

 

Popularly known by his nickname of Reese, he worked with various well-known recording artists such as The Emotions, Barbra Streisand, Cher and Neil Diamond.

Earth, Wind & Fire have sold more than 90 million albums worldwide.

"My brother, hero and best friend Maurice White passed away peacefully last night in his sleep," Verdine White, also a member of the band, told The Associated Press on Thursday.

"While the world has lost another great musician and legend, our family asks that our privacy is respected as we start what will be a very difficult and life changing transition in our lives. Thank you for your prayers and well wishes."

Earth, Wind & Fire
  • A nine-piece band centred around the two White brothers and singer Philip Bailey
  • The band's most successful period began with the 1975 album That's The Way of The World
  • They remained prominent in the charts for at least a decade afterwards
  • White publicly revealed he was suffering from Parkinson's at the time of the band's Hall of Fame induction
  • He stopped touring with the band in 1995 because of a combination of tiredness and health problems

White said in an interview with the Associated Press news agency in 2000 that he wanted Earth, Wind & Fire's music to inspire people rather than just entertain them.

"That was the whole objective, to try to inspire young people to believe in themselves and to follow through on their ideas," he said.

"We've touched so many people with these songs."

A former session drummer, White formed a band called Salty Peppers in the Chicago area in the late 1960s.

He subsequently moved to Los Angeles, disposing of all of the band members except Verdine, The band was renamed Earth, Wind & Fire after the three elements in his astrological chart.

Many of the group's earlier hits were characterised by Bailey's bright falsetto voice.

The band is perhaps best known for its exuberant, horn-driven mix of jazz, funk, gospel and Big Band music played at concerts where they performed in glitzy costumes underneath multi-coloured lights. They played at many top venues including the Super Bowl and the White House.

"We live in a negative society,'" White informed Newsweek at the peak of the band's success. "Most people can't see beauty and love. I see our music as medicine."

 

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most of time when I go mountain to look for mushroom, cannot find

 

but when some mushroom lord dies, suddenly can find his mushrooms all over the mountain

 

2 weeks later, no more this type of mushrooms liao

 

:grin:

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most of time when I go mountain to look for mushroom, cannot find

 

but when some mushroom lord dies, suddenly can find his mushrooms all over the mountain

 

2 weeks later, no more this type of mushrooms liao

 

:grin:

 

Wa this is a beautifully composed post. Sorry I cannot praise you now...

 

You are such an angel sometimes.

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Wa this is a beautifully composed post. Sorry I cannot praise you now...

 

You are such an angel sometimes.

 

hehe

glad you like my jokes [:p]

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most of time when I go mountain to look for mushroom, cannot find

 

but when some mushroom lord dies, suddenly can find his mushrooms all over the mountain

 

2 weeks later, no more this type of mushrooms liao

 

:grin:

Bro, you play Maple Story isit?

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Bro, you play Maple Story isit?

 

simi si maple story? I don't play this type one lah

I only play with myself :grin:

ownself play ownself

ownself song

:grin:

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Please be honest, is it you picking up their souls for relocation?

 

 

 

Another one!  RIP

 

 

Seems like a major recall of the big names up there.  Must be one helluva rocking concert....

 

 

 

Earth, Wind & Fire soul band founder Maurice White dies


 

 

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God must be planning a huge rock concert for X'mas this year, maybe...

 

Open mob for the old legends, one way ticket... [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

Choo choo train chugging down the track

 

Gotta travel on, never coming back . . Oooooooooo

 

Got a one way ticket to the Blues ooooo.....

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simi si maple story? I don't play this type one lah

I only play with myself :grin:

ownself play ownself

ownself song

:grin:

 

u sibei chim leh.......

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RIP!

 

This group my time one, solid [thumbsup] and it's real sad as the recent years singing groups are no where near the old ones like Carpenters, ABBA, Bee Gees, Beatles and gang, those evergreen!!

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i am seriously worried.

 

will look for radx later to get his bmw spare keys, anything happens i will vouch to look after the car liked my own till the coe expires .. :secret-laugh:

 

 

cum cum dont feel down my pundek friend.

 

when there's a beginning, there's an end.

 

the fun part is the journey

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0

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