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Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White dead at 74 BY DAVID BAUDER AND f HILLELITALIE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) - Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose horn-driven band sold more than 90 million albums, died Feb. 3 at his home in Los Angeles. White, who was 74,; - suffered from Parkinson's Disease and had retreated from the public even as the band he founded kept per forming. Earth, Wind & Fire, a nine-piece band featuring the two White brothers, Maurice and Verdine, singer Philip Bailey, and the distinctive horn sec tion, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. The band's most successful period started with the 1975 album "That's The Way of The World" and continued through the rest of the decade. Earth, Wind & Fire will be honored at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 15. White publicly revealed he had Parkinson's at the time of the band's Hall of Fame induction, but he had shown symptoms of the neurological disease back in the 1980s. He stopped touring with the band in 1995. White White said in an inter view with The Associated Press in 2000 that he want ed . the band's music to inspire instead of just entertain. "That was the whole objective, to try to inspire young people to believe in themselves and to follow through on their ideas'" he said. "We've touched so many people with these songs." After White relocated to Los Angeles, he formed a new band and named it Earth, Wind & Fire after the three elements in his astrological chart. The band's early sound was jazzy, butevolved into an exuberant, horn-driven mix of jazz, funk, gospel and Big Band music. Their appeal wasn't just on records but on stage, their concerts a whirl of danc ing, fog machines, multi colored lights and glittery costumes. Earth, Wind & Fire performed everywhere from the Super Bowl to the White House. Maurice White also had a substantial side career producing other artists, including Barbra Streisand and Cher. In the 1970s, he co-wrote and co-produced the Emotions' No. 1 hit "Best of My Love." White was born in Memphis in 1941, the son of a doctor and grandson of a New Orleans piano play er. He showed musical gifts at an early age, study ing at the Chicago Conservancy. "We live in a negative society," White told Newsweek at the height of the band's success. "Most people can't see beauty and love. I see our music as medicine." White's memoir, "Keep Your Head to the Sky: My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire," is scheduled to be released Sept. 13 by Amistad. The book fea tures a forward by Steve Harvey and an afterword by David Foster. AP Entertainment Writers Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Derrik J. Lang contributed to this report. Have a Story Idea? Let us Know newsQwschroniclewtn i King for City Council Northeast Ward Keith King "We Are Better 2Gether" 336-722-4170 king4citycouncil@outlook.com (HUDCARE FROM INFANT TO 5 YEARS NEW 2016 - SUMMER DAT CMP ? 2ND SHIFT *9* Mu Pes KOKIHWtST CHIID DEVELOPMEHT CEHTERS NOW ENROILINGH www.MudPiesNC.org H 336.721.1215 4 . IM -m* ?WTHE BALLPARK j| JOIN ESI IN HONORING IATIEXECUTIVIIIRICTOB INISf SWUM DINNER SIIINT RUCTION ENTERTAINMENT 6EN?RJU ABMISSIOK $65/ wmmmiwm 336.722.9480 BB&T BALLPARK STUM W0MBUCAB1YU888M 951 Ballpark Way/ :j WHffiM Utom. MB i ???I||H|IHBI| Thank you for attending WSTA's public meetings on proposed changes to our fixed route bus system. Your voice contributed to the development of what we believe will be a great new transportation system coming in 2017. We listened very closely and made modifications based on some of your concerns about the proposed changes. That information is now available for you in the form of a booklet with routes and turn by turn directions. Pick up a copy at the Clark Campbell Transportation Center or download the information fromourwebsite@wstransit.com. As we move closer to 1 /2/2017, we invite you to join us as we take the next step in public transit for Winston-Salem. WSTAun nextbus mSk*t$4LOf THANStTAUTHORfTY 1 ? g
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