1. Richard Street knew the Temptations and Otis Williams, in particular, having worked for Motown in quality control and through his vocal work with the Distants and the Monitors.
13 Facts About Richard Street
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Richard Street officially replaced Paul Williams in mid-1971, after both he and Eddie Kendricks left the group.
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Richard Street and old Distants bandmates Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin endured a number of lineup changes over the two decades Street was a Temptation, during which time Dennis Edwards, Ricky Owens, Damon Harris, Glenn Leonard, Louis Price, Ron Tyson, and Ali-Ollie Woodson all served as members of the group at various times.
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Richard Street fell out with Otis Williams in 1993 after missing a show because Street entered the hospital to have seventeen kidney stones removed.
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Richard Street felt that Williams seemed to show a lack of concern, and decided to move on.
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Richard Street continued to tour and perform as a solo artist.
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Richard Street was honored with a New Jersey State Senate Proclamation on May 11,2002, for his charitable works at a Mount Laurel, NJ benefit for Cancer.
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Richard Street was formerly married to The Velvelettes' lead singer Carolyn "Cal" Gill from 1969 to 1983.
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Richard Street was married to Cynthia Ramirez Street when he died.
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At the time of his death, Richard Street was completing his autobiography, Ball of Confusion.
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Richard Street died on February 27,2013, at the St Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada of a pulmonary embolism.
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Richard Street's death occurred nine days after fellow former Temptation Damon Harris's death.
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Richard Street is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Cypress, Orange County, California.