Maurice White - co-founder of Earth, Wind, & Fire - passes away today (2/4)
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Maurice White, co-founder of Earth, Wind & Fire, died in his sleep Thursday morning ... TMZ has learned.
Maurice died in L.A. after a long battle with Parkinson's. He was diagnosed in 1992 and his condition deteriorated in recent months. The disease had progressed to the point he was forced to stop touring with the band 1994.
The band had a string of hits, including "Shining Star," "September," "Boogie Wonderland," and "After the Love has Gone."
In 2000, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Maurice was individually inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010.
Maurice's brother, Verdine, is also a band member.
Although Maurice wasn't touring, he remained involved in the decisions regarding the band.
Maurice was 74.
Rest in Musical Harmony, Brother White.
Glad I got to see EWF live at least once. One of the best shows I ever saw....
Bumping EWF for the rest of the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGpN4Q3SgFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRuiR3sT554
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TxgfbPl9Qg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKskYvTGEHE
Maurice White, co-founder of Earth, Wind & Fire, died in his sleep Thursday morning ... TMZ has learned.
Maurice died in L.A. after a long battle with Parkinson's. He was diagnosed in 1992 and his condition deteriorated in recent months. The disease had progressed to the point he was forced to stop touring with the band 1994.
The band had a string of hits, including "Shining Star," "September," "Boogie Wonderland," and "After the Love has Gone."
In 2000, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Maurice was individually inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010.
Maurice's brother, Verdine, is also a band member.
Although Maurice wasn't touring, he remained involved in the decisions regarding the band.
Maurice was 74.
Rest in Musical Harmony, Brother White.
Glad I got to see EWF live at least once. One of the best shows I ever saw....
Bumping EWF for the rest of the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGpN4Q3SgFIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRuiR3sT554https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TxgfbPl9Qghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKskYvTGEHE Comments
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Damn man. RIP.
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Rest in Power and Thank You.
Devotion and That's The Way of the World are more than songs to me. -
That guy & the band came from Chicago...the "greens" if I'm not mistaken. Powerful music they made. It's all about love is a favorite of mine.
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Over here in real tears damn man.
Elements don't die they live on for eternity. I wasn't even alive when Earth Wind and Fire was in their "prime" but somehow they have songs that mean something to me at each point of my life. Maurice White may have passed on to "boogie wonderland" but the music lives forever. -
Man, my homegirl told me about this, I grew up on EWF, I have a bunch of their albums, they started off with Ramsey Lewis
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I got off work and seen them talking bout it on Facebook.
Can't believe it, E, W & F is my favorite because of my mother loving them and playing their music all the time growing up.
First Natalie Cole, then David Bowie and now Maurice White....Wow! -
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Soul station out here played a tribute to ewf all day the day he died. People was calling in mad distraught. That's the power of great music man.
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