Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White dead at 74

Maurice White, the founder and leader of the legendary R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 74. White died at home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, his brother, group bassist Verdine White, told the Associated Press. In 2000, just before EW&F was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, White disclosed to Rolling Stone that he had Parkinson's disease. He was then 58 and had been diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disease eight years before but opted to keep it secret.
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