CHICAGO (AP) — In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers. Staples, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gospel singer Cleotha Staples will be remembered Friday at a funeral service in Chicago. The eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staple Singers died last Thursday ...

Singer Cleotha Staples, founding member of soul-gospel family act the Staple Singers, died on Thursday at her home in Chicago after a long bout with Alzheimer’s. She was 78. Though younger sister ...

Singer Cleotha Staples, founding member of soul-gospel family act the Staple Singers, died on Thursday at her home in Chicago after a long bout with Alzheimer’s. She was 78. Though younger sister ...

(Reuters) - Cleotha Staples, a founding member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame R&B and gospel group The Staple Singers, has died after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease, the group said ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Mavis Staples says her sister Cleotha Staples' soothing voice gave The Staple Singers its signature sound. Family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter says ...

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(AP) Cleotha Staples, the eldest sibling in the highly influential gospel group The Staples Singers, has died. She was 78. Staples family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter says Staples died ...