American R&B singer.
Born on Feb. 23, 1940, in Port Arthur, Tex., USA.
Died on September 5, 2017 in Antioch, Calif., USA.
He joined Tower of Power, a horn-heavy group based in Oakland, Calif., in 1969. After leaving the group, in 1976 he was sentenced to life for killing three men in a drug-addicted haze. He was paroled in 2012 and resumed performing and recording.