{"id":28727,"date":"2024-02-08T21:02:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-spinners-henry-lee-fambrough-dies-at-85\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T21:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:02:24","slug":"the-spinners-henry-lee-fambrough-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-spinners-henry-lee-fambrough-dies-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spinners\u2019 Henry Lee Fambrough dies at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-08\/Getty_HenryFambrough_020824.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption> Mike Coppola\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Henry Lee Fambrough<\/strong>, the last surviving founding member of R&amp;B group\u00a0<strong>The Spinners<\/strong>, passed away Wednesday, the band\u2019s rep\u00a0<strong>Tanisha Lynn Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0confirms to ABC Audio.\u00a0Fambrough died\u00a0at his home in Virginia at the age of 85.<\/p>\n<p>Fambrough formed The Spinners in 1954 with\u00a0<strong>Pervis Jackson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Billy Henderson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bobby Smith<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>C.P. Spencer<\/strong>. Known for his baritone vocals and handlebar mustache, Fambrough was featured on such songs as \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Lose You,\u201d\u00a0\u201cGhetto Child\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cJust As Long As We Have Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fambrough&#8217;s death comes just months after The Spinners were inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in November. He attended the celebration at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where the group\u00a0was\u00a0honored by\u00a0<strong>New Edition<\/strong>, who performed a medley of their classic tunes.<\/p>\n<p>A funeral for Fambrough will be held\u00a0Saturday, February 17, at St. Stephen AME Church in Detroit, Michigan. There will also be a public viewing on Friday, February 16.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Coppola\/WireImage Henry Lee Fambrough, the last surviving founding member of R&amp;B group\u00a0The Spinners, passed away Wednesday, the band\u2019s rep\u00a0Tanisha Lynn Jackson\u00a0confirms to ABC Audio.\u00a0Fambrough died\u00a0at his home in Virginia at the age of 85. Fambrough formed The Spinners in 1954 with\u00a0Pervis Jackson,\u00a0Billy Henderson,\u00a0Bobby Smith\u00a0and\u00a0C.P. Spencer. Known for his baritone<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-spinners-henry-lee-fambrough-dies-at-85\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,47,48],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}