Temptations singer Street dies aged 70

Thursday 28 February 2013

Former Motown vocalist Richard Street, a member of the Temptations for 25 years, has died at 70.

His wife Cindy said her husband died early today at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.

Street sang as a young man with Temptations members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin, but did not join the famed Motown group until the early 1970s.

He later made the move from his native Detroit to Los Angeles with other Motown acts and stayed with the group until the mid-1990s.Mrs Street said her husband "was a really good person" who should be remembered for his work with the Temptations.Funeral services will be held next week in Cypress, California, she said

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