Howard Tate – a gifted 1960s soul singer who left the music business after his now-beloved records were ignored, only to reemerge decades later to a cult following – died earlier this month of multiple myeloma and leukemia, reports Billboard. He was 72. http://www.eurweb.com/2011/12/soul-singer-howard-tate-dies-at-72/
R&B singer Al Goodman (pictured, center, to the left) died July 26 at the Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersey due to heart failure during surgery on a tumor. He was 67. http://www.bvnewswire.com/2010/07/28/soul-singer-al-goodman-dead/
