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- Broken beyond repair but highly affable
has passed away from Parkinsons' Disease at 74. Not only did he found EWF, he was a phenomenal multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer.
It could possibly be impossible for most Americans to escape White's work and influence, it was that broad in the 1970s and 80s throughout popular music charts. The full group and it's brass band section played on several artists records, such as The Emotions and Phil Collins, to name two of the most famous pairings.
White's Parkinsons' started to surface in the 1980s (and he still had a prolific output with EWF and in producing) he did not leave the band until late in it's existence (and they continue to perform).
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/earth-wind-fire-founder-maurice-white-dead-74-36722290
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White
It could possibly be impossible for most Americans to escape White's work and influence, it was that broad in the 1970s and 80s throughout popular music charts. The full group and it's brass band section played on several artists records, such as The Emotions and Phil Collins, to name two of the most famous pairings.
White's Parkinsons' started to surface in the 1980s (and he still had a prolific output with EWF and in producing) he did not leave the band until late in it's existence (and they continue to perform).
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/earth-wind-fire-founder-maurice-white-dead-74-36722290
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White