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Renaldo "Obie" Benson (June 14, 1936 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and the bass singer of Motown group the Four Tops, which he joined in 1953 and continued to perform with for over five decades, until April 8, 2005.
Jul 5, 2005 · Renaldo “Obie” Benson, a founding member of the Four Tops, died Friday after a brief battle with cancer; he was sixty-nine. Doctors discovered the cancer several weeks ago during a surgery to...
Jul 2, 2005 · Obie Benson, an original member of the Motown singing group the Four Tops and a lyricist best known for the antiwar song ''What's Goin' On,'' died here this morning. He was 69.
Jul 1, 2005 · Renaldo “Obie” Benson, a member of the legendary Motown singing group the Four Tops, died Friday. He was 69. Benson died at a Detroit hospital, said the group’s road manager, Fred Bridges.
Jul 2, 2005 · DETROIT — Renaldo “Obie” Benson, who for more than 50 years provided the bass vocal foundation to the Four Tops’ lush harmonies, died yesterday at Harper University Hospital in Detroit. He had...
Jul 5, 2005 · One day in the early 1970s, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, who has died of lung cancer aged 68, saw the San Francisco police attacking a crowd of hippies.
Jul 5, 2005 · DETROIT – Renaldo "Obie" Benson (search), a member of the legendary Motown singing group the Four Tops (search), died Friday. He was 69. Benson died of lung cancer that was discovered when he had a...
