David Ruffin is one of those successful stars. He was one of the lead singers of the legendary African American group signed to Motown Records — the Temptations. In Meridian, Mississippi ...

NEW YORK - 1965: L-R: Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin and Otis Williams of the R&B group "The Temptations" pose for a portrait in 1965 in New York City, New York.

For the Temptations, however ... Founding member Paul Williams committed suicide. Frontman David Ruffin died of a drug overdose and was dumped at a hospital. To ignore those stories would be ...

Later, still living in Britain, the singer made the seven-part series Jimmy Ruffin’s Sweet Soul Music for Radio 2. When his brother David, lead singer of the Temptations, died of a cocaine overdose in ...