Solange, Questlove, Estelle, Lenny Kravitz & More Celebs Remember Maurice White

February 4, 2016 by in Latest News with 3 Comments

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Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. The news was confirmed by his brother Verdine White.

White, who was 74, suffered from Parkinson’s Disease and had retreated from the public even as the band he founded kept performing.

Verdine told the Associated Press,

My brother, hero and best friend Maurice White passed away peacefully last night in his sleep. While the world has lost another great musician and legend, our family asks that our privacy is respected as we start what will be a very difficult and life changing transition in our lives. Thank you for your prayers and well wishes.

Celebrities have taken to social media, remembering the legendary singer.

Maurice was our cheerleader…..i swear to god I did about 7 drafts and erased it. Look. I just really wanna thank him and thank all the members of #EWF shining that light brighter. You know how hard it is to present Afrocentric Jazz & spiritual positivity in the face of what we had to deal with in the 70s? When times were hard sometimes the only release you had was music. & if it wasn’t Stevie, you were reaching for your #EarthWindAndFire albums. I would get so lost in those records man. Just lose myself. Fav logo ever. The interludes (specially the One after “All Bout Love” (“Steph”) id “pause tape” that minute interlude for 45 mins on cassette—that alone would put me in a positive trance to face another day selling insurance to pay for the Roots demo.–seriously it was either that tape or drugs to ease my mind—I chose the music)–but if you really look at it —-it’s limiting to say #EWF was our black Floyd or the Black Beatles to Pfunk’s Stones—look I’m rambling—I just got done work, working on 3 projects and getting ready for #BowlTrain —but this really hurts man. Maurice really truly made African art so sophisticated & beautiful. —I feel like erasing this and starting again but you know where my heart is. #MauriceWhite

A photo posted by Questlove Gomez (@questlove) on

Wisdom. Rest in peace, Sir. #MauriceWhite #EarthWindAndFire REPOST from @ayomillions #RIP #MauriceWhite #EarthWindAndFire

A video posted by Yvette Nicole Brown (@yvettenicolebrown) on

you’re free now …untill the 12 of never. thank you so much Maurice. #MauriceWhite

A photo posted by Miguel (@miguel) on

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