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  1. Smokey Robinson Interviewed: “When you start to dabble in hard drugs, they dont care who you are, they just overtake you.”. Motown’s silken-voiced, master of song looks back at six decades of joy, heartbreak and musical salvation. by mojo |.

  2. Nov 3, 2015 · For a long time, Smokey remained free from the temptations so prevalent in the music industry. Yet late into his career, Smokey found himself falling deep into a cocaine habit, and he fell hard. Smokey succumbed to drug addiction at the age of 41 after the huge success of “Being With You.”.

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  4. Sep 8, 2014 · Monday 08 September 2014 13:43 BST. Comments. Smokey Robinson says that God ended his battle with cocaine. He was 41 when he started taking the drug, following the success of single “Being With...

  5. Sep 8, 2014 · Legendary singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson credits God for delivering him from cocaine addiction after attending a church service in Los Angeles that changed his life nearly 30 years ago. Robinson, who is mainly known for his association with Motown Records, says cocaine was "a whole other animal" in terms of his narcotic abuse.

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  6. Sep 7, 2014 · But he too succumbed to drug addiction, oddly enough, late in his career – he was 41, and it was after the huge success of Being With You. But when Smokey fell for cocaine, he fell hard.

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  7. May 20, 2016 · Smokey Robinson Speaks Candidly About Drug Addiction at MusiCares Benefit. By Mannie Holmes. View. Gallery. MusiCares MAP Fund feted longtime singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson with the...

  8. Millions could sing along to Smokey's hits—"Tears of a Clown," "I Second That Emotion," "You Really Got a Hold On Me" and countless others—but very few knew about the personal struggle he was facing. When Smokey was 40 years old, he became addicted to drugs. "I went on a hell of a drug trip," he says. "And it was horrendous.