Staple Singers member Pervis Staples, dead at 85 - New York Daily News
Famed member of the gospel group Staple Singers, Pervis Staples, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, according to his spokesman.
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Famed member of the gospel group Staple Singers, Pervis Staples, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, according to his spokesman.
CHICAGO (AP) — Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. He was 85.
The soul and gospel singer died at his home in Dolton, Illinois
The singer died in his home in South suburban Dolton on May 6.
Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85 Poll Several times a week A few times a year Rarely/never CHICAGO (AP) – Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. He was 85. Pervis Staples died May 6 at his home in Dalton, Illinois, according to Adam Ayers, a spokesman for Staples’ sister, Mavis Staples. The cause of death wasn’t given. Pervis Staples sang gospel songs with his father, the guitar-playing Roebuck “Pops” Staples, and sisters Ma...