This is the grave of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Born in 1971 in Philadelphia, Lopes grew up pretty middle class, which is interesting given her later, if short, life. Her father was a military man and evidently not a great guy, the Great Santini type...
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This is the grave of Dinah Washington. Born in 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Ruth Lee Jones grew up in Chicago. Her family was part of the Great Migration, getting out.
This is the grave of Pervis Jackson. Born in 1938 in New Orleans, Pervis Jackson grew up in Detroit. His family had followed the Great Migration north to better jobs.
This is the grave of David Ruffin. Born in 1941 in the amazingly named Whynot, Mississippi, Ruffin grew up the son of a minister and a lumber truck driver. That's not surprisingly, most Black ministers had to work regular jobs too unless they had a...
This is the grave of Johnny Otis. Born in Vallejo, California in 1921, Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes grew up in a Greek immigrant household. His father owned a grocery store and.
This is the grave of Teddy Pendergrass. Born in Kingstree, South Carolina in 1950, Pendergrass grew up with a single mother. It's kind of a sad story, the way it.