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3/25/2009 3:00:03 AM

Motown drummer Uriel Jones dies in Michigan (Reuters)
3/25/2009 12:21:08 AM
Motown drummer Uriel Jones, seen in this undated handout photo, died in a Michigan hospital on March 24, 2009 after suffering complications from a heart attack, a family member said. He was 74. Jones, the last surviving drummer in the Motown session band known as the Funk Brothers, was stricken in mid-February but had been showing signs of improvement, said his sister-in-law Leslie Coleman. He relapsed last Tuesday, and died at Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center in Dearborn, she told Reuters. He was a key component of the Reuters - Motown drummer Uriel Jones, whose hard-driving funk propelled classic tunes by the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, died in a Michigan hospital on Tuesday after suffering complications from a heart attack, a family member said. He was 74.


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