Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire has passed away.

[qwlauren35]

I always wondered what happened to Maurice. Now I know, he had Parkinsons. He is gone now, but I will always remember singing his positive songs, the ones that didn't make the charts, but made me feel good inside. My sister and I had SO many of their albums, including Gratitude, of course. My husband sings "Reasons" to me on occasion. Farewell, Maurice. Turn your face to the wind.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0c54b3a1758644eb8e30e8df12553595/earth-wind-fire-founder-maurice-white-dead-74

[leftofcool]

1. Rest Gently!

[elleng]

2. :-(

[randys1]

3. Legend and legendary band and music.

[Number23]

4. I know! I just saw that!!

RIP Brother Maurice. Creator of one of the funkiest and HAPPIEST freaking musical groups the world has ever seen

Look at the joy and the grins on these people's faces. And I grin with them every time I hear this song.

[msongs]

5. we have his art to remember and inspire nt

[Recursion]

6. WTF!? Whoever ordered this 2016, it's broken! (nt)

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. R.I.P. Maurice.

[Digital Puppy]

8. Damn.

One of my favorite entertainers from one of my favorite groups.

Let's make sure we celebrate his life and how many lives he touched.

R.I.P.

[Kind of Blue]

9. Oh, Wow.

I have no words but only exquisite memories of Mr. White and seeing EWF many times in concert. I'm so grateful. Rest in Peace.

I played "Would You Mind" to death as a teen dreaming of exactly how my future lover(s) would be

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[qwlauren35]

11. Oh yeah, that one.

My husband and I were crooning over Reasons this morning, but I said there were others.

Yup, "Would You Mind" was the sexiest song.

[Kind of Blue]

13. Too many good ones.

I heard a version of Brazilian Rhyme this morning I hadn't heard before.
Looks like it's going to be an Earth Wind and Fire day into weekend for me.

[qwlauren35]

14. Sun Goddess...

Too many...

[Kind of Blue]

15. Oh, I am Listening now!

I don't know why I associate Sun Goddess only with Ramsey Lewis.
Thanks for the reminder!

[FrenchieCat]

10. My favorite group while in HS!

Sad!

[The Polack MSgt]

12. One of my all time favorite bands. RIP Mr. White

To quote Arsenio Hall, "I wanted to be Maurice White so bad I walked around bow legged"

This is from the 1st EW&F album I ever heard.