Talk:David Ruffin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.
Biography Portal
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed biographical guide to musicians and musical groups on Wikipedia.

Contents

[edit] Spin Off

I wouldn't really call the Supremes a spin-off. I'd say that ended with the Primettes.

[edit] Marriage / children

I have removed (in toto) the following paragraphs from the article. Can somebody revisit this situation and produce the definitive edition, with appropriate citations. Thank you,

Derek R Bullamore 18:41, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

===Personal Life===

Ruffin had a stormy relationship with singer Tammi Terrell, and later had a relationship with Gail Martin. Ruffin was married three times and had four children: Cheryl, Nedra, David Jr. and Mone. His ex-wives were Joy Hamilton, Sandra Ruffin and Genna Ruffin. Sandra said of Ruffin "He always tried and always struggled with drugs. He was a wonderful person, but he was just outmatched by his addictions."

Correction: David Ruffin was only maried twice - to Saundra Ruffin and Joy Hamilton, respectively. Out of the union with his first wife, Saundra, he had three daughters. He also had a son, but the mother was never married to David Ruffin and never used the last name "Ruffin" until after his death. Her name is Genna Sapia.

[edit] death

The article first says that he OD'd, then it says he was murdered in the next section. I don't know which it was but maybe someone should fix it?

It seems that the family disagrees with the official finding that his death was an adverse reaction to too much crack cocaine and feel that he was murdered, presumably for a large amount of money (from his recently completed European tour with Eddie Kendricks and Dennis Edwards) he was alleged by them to be carrying, although there is no existing evidence for any of this. Someone should also straighten out the death chronology given here, as it states 2 entirely different versions in the same paragraph. At least put in who is contending that each of these versions is the truth. 74.72.216.115 (talk) 19:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] why was he in Philadelphia when he died?

Is there an official source that ever clarified what he was doing in Philadelphia when he died? Is there an online death certificate? Many fans that admire him would appreciate this information for closure. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.156.166.127 (talk) 07:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

Regarding Otis Williams's representation of Ruffin's death: Williams does give an accurate account of Ruffin's death in his autobiography. The only place the untruthful version is told is in the miniseries.

   Thanks for this, but I was requesting factual info on why he was in Philadelphia at the time of his death.  Yes, the miniseries version is in question, but he did die in Philadelphia.  Was he there for performance or was this his home? 138.88.151.168 07:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

He had reportedly been living with woman in Philly on and off for about 2 years, and was also reportedly making a video there at the time of his death as part of his collaboration with Eddie Kendricks and Dennis Edwards. 74.72.216.115 (talk) 19:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)