Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins was an American singer.
13 Facts About Fuzzy Haskins
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Fuzzy Haskins performed with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments, and was a founding member of 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, known as Parliament-Funkadelic.
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Fuzzy Haskins left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 to pursue a solo career.
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Fuzzy Haskins is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
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Fuzzy Haskins toured and appeared on P-Funk albums as a singer, and occasionally as a guitarist, throughout the 1970s.
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In June 1977 at the height of P-Funk's popularity, Fuzzy Haskins left the ensemble over financial and management disputes with Clinton.
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Fuzzy Haskins released his first solo album, A Whole Nother Thang, in 1976.
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Fuzzy Haskins served as producer, singer, songwriter, guitarist and even drummer on one song.
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Fuzzy Haskins released his second album, Radio Active, two years later.
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Fuzzy Haskins was married twice, to Estelle James and Lorraine Debney, with both marriages ending in divorce.
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Fuzzy Haskins had five children, two of whom predeceased him.
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Fuzzy Haskins lived in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
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Fuzzy Haskins died from complications of diabetes in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, on March 16,2023, at the age of 81.