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OBITUARY: Ron Banks Founder of R&B Group Dramatics

Ron Banks, 58, whose silky falsetto helped give the Dramatics one of the most enduring careers in R&B, died Thursday at his home in Detroit after apparently suffering a heart attack, said Billy Wilson, president of the Motown Alumni Assn. Banks was one of the founding members of the Detroit vocal group, which formed in the mid-1960s and continued to play for avid audiences around the country...

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01:18 on March 6 2010

Dramatics Star Banks Dead At 58

ContactMusic — RON BANKS, the founding member of soul supergroup THE DRAMATICS, has died at his home in Detroit, Michigan. He was 58.Banks formed the Watcha See Is Whatcha Get vocal... more info
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03:01 on March 6 2010

Dramatics founder Ron Banks, 58, dies

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Singer Ron Banks, a founding member of R&B group the Dramatics, died Thursday (March 4) at his Detroit home of a reported heart attack. He was 5... more info
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17:36 on March 6 2010

OBITUARY: Ron Banks Founder of R&B Group Dramatics

All About Jazz — Ron Banks, 58, whose silky falsetto helped give the Dramatics one of the most enduring careers in R&B, died Thursday at his home in Detroit after apparently suffering a h... more info
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