I’ve had Oct. 16 circled on my calendar for months. More on that in a moment. First, the Quiz Questions: Last week, even before her “Life As a Showgirl” album was released, Taylor Swift notched ...

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the Four Tops who sang on all of the group’s timeless hits, including “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” and “I Can ...

Duke Fakir, the stylish and genteel singer who nurtured the Four Tops’ legacy for seven decades, died at his home in Detroit on Monday morning from heart failure. He was 88. Fakir, a lifelong Detroit ...

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the stylish and genteel singer who nurtured the Four Tops’ legacy for seven decades, has died. He was 88. Fakir died Monday morning at his home in Detroit from heart failure, the ...

Fakir, who co-founded The Four Tops in 1953, had been in poor health, most recently fighting bladder cancer. By Gary Graff Abdul Kareem “Duke” Fakir, the last of the original Four Tops and a stalwart ...