Harry McGilberry (January 19, 1950 – April 3, 2006) was an American R&B and

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singer and latter-day

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The Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...

between 1995 and 2003. Born Harry McGilberry Jr. in

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, McGilberry was a member of the R&B group The Futures and later the Temptations, replacing ailing bassist and former

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member Ray Davis to join the quintet in 1995 and recorded the albums '' Phoenix Rising'', '' Ear-Resistible'' and ''Awesome'' with them. McGilberry was fired from the group in 2003 by Temptations leader

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for a reported drug habit (he was replaced by Joe Herndon of

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). He later joined a Temptations splinter group, 'The Temptations Experience', replacing the then recently departed Ray Davis. McGilberry died of an apparent drug overdose on April 3, 2006 at the age of 56. He was known by family members and friends as "Boom-Boom". McGilberry is buried at Eden Cemetery in

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