Remembering Curtis Mayfield
One of the all-time greats of R&B and rock and roll, Curtis Mayfield died today (26 December 1999)
One of the all-time greats of R&B and rock and roll, Curtis Mayfield died today (26 December 1999).
Mayfield had been seriously ill for the past nine years after being paralyzed in an on-stage accident when a lighting rig fell on him while performing in Brooklyn.
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