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Ex-Motown CEO Jheryl Busby Dies At 59

Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died. He was 59.
Busby was found early Tuesday in a hot tub at his home in Malibu, said Los Angeles County Assistant Coroner Chief Ed Winter.
“It was a possible accident or [...]

Motown Legends Gather to Mourn Four Tops’ Stubbs

Motown Records patriarch Berry Gordy Jr. and hundreds of others attended Monday’s funeral for legendary Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs, whose stirring baritone made the group one of the most recognizable in American music during the 1960s and into the ’70s.
“He made us walk in his shoes, felt what he felt and loved what he [...]