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Before he died, Paul Williams acknowledged fathering a sixth child, son Paul Williams Lucas.

Edwards left the Temptations in pursuit of solo success in 1984 and found it with the song “Don’t Look Any Further.” He went back to the Temptations three years later, but left again in 1989. The royalty pie was about to be divided — when a seventh child surfaced, a son born in 1968 to one of Paul Williams’ girlfriends. "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" tenor felled by prostate cancer after a 14-year battle. In many ways, Paul Williams, who died in tragic circumstances on 17 August 1973, was the Temptations’ unsung hero. Paul Williams' death was ruled a suicide. Kenneth ended up serving almost 22 years in the pen' and when his feet hit the pavement again, he was in for the For starters, Paul was found lying next to his car in an alley, his body positioned as if he'd been standing. Show Hide article text (OCR) Clipped by bodiddleyman • 28 Oct 2017; Clipped from. Sie prägten die Erfolgsgeschichte des legendären Plattenlabels Motown und waren deren erste Künstler, die einen Grammy gewinnen konnten. August 16, 1973 – Paul Williams was born on July 2nd 1939 in Birmingham, Alabama.

I know the original members of The Temptations were Otis Williams,Paul Williams,Melvin Franklin,Eddie Kendricks,and David Ruffin.

Temptations singer, the late Paul Williams', son, Kenneth Williams went to prison in 1989 for murdering his great aunt in cold blood. David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams and Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations pose for a portrait in 1965. In the film, he is depicted as shooting himself in his car. Former group member Paul Williams, apparantly so beseiged by health and emotional … Paul Williams didn't commit suicide outside the studio while they were recording "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" as suggested in the film. He was the son of Sophia and Rufus Williams, a gospel singer in a gospel music vocal group called the Ensley Jubilee Singers. '89 was ironically also the same year his pops' was posthumously inducted into The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.

He met Eddie Kendricks in elementary school; supposedly, the … Derrick Vinyard, who was 5 when Paul Williams died, wanted a share of the Motown royalties. The Temptations ist eine 1960 in Detroit gegründete, mehrfach mit dem Grammy ausgezeichnete afroamerikanische Gesangsband, deren Mitglieder zu den erfolgreichsten und stilbildendsten Soul-Künstlern aller Zeiten gehören. View the Full Page. In real life however, there were some factors at the scene of his death that suggest foul play.