Yvonne Staples, a longtime member of the Staple Singerswho enjoyed a series of funky gospel-inflected hits in the 1970s, died on Tuesday at age 80. The cause of death was colon cancer, according toThe New York Times. Staples was born in 1937 in Chicago to Oceola and Roebuck “Pops” Staples. …
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