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.
Persons:
Frankie Beverly, Beverly’s, ”, Howard Stanley Beverly, Love, Beverly, Frankie, Frankie Lymon, Marvin Gaye, “, —, Jenna Wortham, Wesley Morris’s, ” Beverly, Maze
Organizations:
CNN, Beverly, Wesley Morris’s New York Times, BET
Locations:
Philadelphia, East Germantown, ” Beverly