# Nicholas Caldwell of the Whispers has shuffled off the mortal coil

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**Created:** [January 25, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-caldwell-of-the-whispers-has-shuffled-off-the-mortal-coil/744187 "2016-01-25T17:03:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-caldwell-of-the-whispers-has-shuffled-off-the-mortal-coil/744187/1 "2016-01-25T17:03:40Z")

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Today’s music death is Nicholas Caldwell, one of the original members of the Whispers, whose first big hit was 1980’s “And the Beat Goes On.”