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Music fans both here in Philadelphia and around the world have reason to mourn on Wednesday as legendary R&B artist, songwriter and producer Frankie Beverly has died. On Wednesday morning, Beverly’s family announced the founder of the funk and soul band Maze -- who was born Howard Stanley Beverly -- passed away the day before. He lived for his music, family and friends. “After catching the attention of legendary songwriter and producer Kenny Gamble, the group had several releases under Philly-based record label Cameo Parkway,” wrote Tribune correspondent O.J. Earlier this year, after performing and touring for 50 years, Beverly played a farewell show at the Dell Music Center in North Philadelphia.

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☆ Frankie Beverly, lead singer and founder of Maze, dead at 77
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze gave the world a an anthem that will forever be tied to cookouts and good times, died on Tuesday, his family announced. Love one another as he would want that for us all,” the statement which was signed by the Beverly family concluded. Howard Stanley Beverly aka Frankie Beverly 12/6/46 - 9/10/24.”No cause of death was shared. Legend has it that Beverly changed his first name to Frankie for the stage in homage to singer Frankie Lymon, who found fame singing doo-wop as part of the group Frankie Lymon and the teenagers. In 1970 Beverly founded the group Maze, which was originally known as Raw Soul.

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☆ When Elder Care Is All in the Stepfamily
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Paula Span | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

She was leaving her office at Arizona State University, where she taught design history, to run an errand for her ailing stepfather. He had moved into a retirement community nearby after his wife, Dr. Brandt’s mother, died of cancer. As his caregiver, Dr. Brandt spoke with him daily and visited twice a week. She coordinated medical appointments, prescriptions, requests for facility staff — the endless responsibilities of maintaining a man in his 90s. Maybe she looked especially frazzled that day, she said, because a longtime colleague drew her aside with a startling question.

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☆ Celestiq EV is GM’s most audacious Cadillac since Great Depression
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Paul Lienert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 17 (Reuters) - General Motors Co's (GM.N) Cadillac brand on Monday pulled the wraps off the Celestiq, a $300,000-plus flagship electric vehicle that is the brand's most audacious new model since the 1930 Cadillac Sixteen. Unlike the 16-cylinder roadster that was launched just months after the 1929 crash, the 2024 Celestiq has no monster gasoline engine under its long hood. Instead, it boasts twin electric motors producing 600 horsepower and a 111-kilowatt-hour battery pack shared with GM's Hummer EV. The Sixteen could be ordered in 1930 in several body styles, including roadster, coupe, sedan and limousine. The late historian Beverly Kimes noted that the 1930 Cadillac Sixteen Town Brougham was priced at just over $9,000, or roughly $163,500 in today's money.

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