[Vision2020] Another Great One Bites the Dust

[Tom Hansen]

Greetings Visionaires -

Another great one from the 60's and 70's, Edward Patten.

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Edward Patten, 66, Grammy-Winning Singer

Edward Patten, a member of the Grammy-winning Gladys Knight & The Pips died
Friday at a suburban Detroit hospital, said his cousin, another member of
the group.  He was 66.

Patten, an Atlanta native who lived in Detroit, died from a stroke he
suffered a few days before, William Guest said.

The group - Gladys Knight, her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight, and their
cousins Guest and Patten - recorded fro Motown from 1966 to 1973 and for
Buddah Records from 1973 to 1977.  They later recorded for CBS until
breaking up in 1989.

The group, whose hits included "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and
"Midnight Train to Georgia", won four Grammys and was inducted to the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Patten was one of the founders of Crew Records, based in Detroit and
Atlanta, and sang backup for the label's recording artists, Crew spokeswoman
Denise Fussell said.

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"He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world,
The world he left behind
Not so long ago.
He's leaving,
On that midnight train to Georgia"

We'll miss you, Eddie.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.

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