Bruce Williamson, frail singer for The Temptations, dies at 49

Bruce Williamson, a frail lead singer for the R&B team The Temptations, has died, in step with a Fb post from his son. He was once 49.

“There is now not any phrases on this planet that can recount how I allege dazzling now,” Williamson’s son wrote in a post Monday morning. “I devour you Daddy thanks for being superior thanks for being loving thanks for being Who You Are.”

Williamson reportedly joined the band in 2007, replacing the departing tenor G.C. Cameron, and left in 2015.

The lineup of The Temptations has changed gradually for the rationale that customary team fashioned nearly about 60 years previously. The act remains easiest known for its string of 1960s hits, including “My Girl” (1964) and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” (1966).

The Aloof York Events, reviewing a seven-night Broadway manufacturing featuring The Temptations in 2014, called Williamson “a gain: a big man who’s light on his feet and, even more most well-known, fleshy-throated with gospel timing.”

“He had diverse paths from croon to rasp, and he might well well perchance sound simultaneously forceful and desperate,” The Events wrote of Williamson’s performance.