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Eldest Staples sibling Cleedi dies at 78
CHICAGO -- Cleotha Staples, the eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staple Singers, has died. She was 78.
Staples' family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter says Staples died Thursday at her Chicago home after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the last decade.
The Staple Singers began as a way for Roebuck (Pops) Staples to entertain his family, which included five children -- Cleotha, known as Cleedi, Pervis, Yvonne, Mavis and Cynthia. He taught the children gospel songs and accompanied them on his guitar. Two decades later they became unlikely hit makers for the Stax label.
Staples was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her family in 1999 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 2005.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 23, 2013 G2
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