yvonne staples dead
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Yvonne Staples of the Staple Singers Dead at 80
Yvonne Staples, who served both as a background vocalist and as the business manager for her family’s musical group the Staple Singers, died Tuesday of colon cancer at her home in Chicago. She was 80 years old. Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by family friend Bill Carpenter. The Staple Singers were…