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Paul was my friend. I met him around 1964. I would visit him when he lived in an apartment over a storefront on Woodward Ave in the North End of Detroit. He drove a gray Pontiac with a black vinyl top at the time. He eventually moved into a ranch house on Appoline I believe and bought himself a Corvette...In 1966, he invited me and my kompis to hang out with him at the Roostertail when they cut their Live album. inom was shagging his scotch from the bar and he even bout me and my kompis [[all of 16 years old) drinks LOL... I would talk with Paul from time to time about my music and bands I was playing in. I was playing R&B ands Paul always used to get on me, advising me to play with White musicians because I'd have a better chance to succeed, but I was performing with R&B and Jazz groups with mostly Black musicians and artists around Detroit. inom hadn't seen Paul in a few years when I ran into him at Biffs on W G

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Paul Williams (The Temptations singer)

For other people named Paul Williams, see Paul Williams (disambiguation).

American singer (1939–1973)

Paul Williams
Williams performs with the Temptations on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969
Born	(1939-07-02)July 2, 1939 Ensley, Alabama, U.S.
Origin	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1973(1973-08-17) (aged 34) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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Years active	1955–1971
Labels	Motown

Musical artist

Paul Williams (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American baritone singer. He was noted for being one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations. Along with Elbridge "Al" Bryant, Otis Williams, and fellow Alabamians Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin, Williams was a member of the Temptations.

Personal problems and failing health forced Williams to retire in 1971 and, at the age of 34, he was found dead two years later as the result

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In Loving Memory Of

It was mid August of 1973, The Temptations were in New York attending the wedding of group member Damon Harris and his bride Tina, when Richard Street called with the news.

Former group member Paul Williams, apparantly so beseiged by health and emotional problems, had found it necessary to take his own life. He was found dead, lying in the street, near Fourteenth and West Grand, not far from the Hitsville building. The official cause of death was a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

On August 24th, one week later, Paul's funeral was held at the Tried Stone Baptist Church. Over 2,500 people viewed his body at The Cole Funeral Home in the days before. The church was filled with friends and family, his wife Mary and their children, people from Motown, and as many fans as could get in.

Eddie, David, Dennis, Melvin, Otis, and Cornelius Grant (the groups guitarist often labeled the sixth Temptation) were pallbearers.

During the service, David sang "The