# RIP Cleotha Staple (of the Staple Singers)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 22, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cleotha-staple-of-the-staple-singers/651105 "2013-02-22T20:15:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cleotha-staple-of-the-staple-singers/651105/1 "2013-02-22T20:15:49Z")

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The eldest of the sibling Staple Singers - famous for R&B hits like “I’ll Take You There”, “Respect Yourself” and “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)” has gone to be with Pops and the Big Man.

[story here](http://news.msn.com/obits/cleotha-staples-of-staple-singers-siblings-dies?ocid=twmsnnews).

Saw Mavis Staple a few years ago, Cleotha wasn’t with her but Yvonne was one of the backup singers. One of the very best R&B acts of the 60s. They certainly deserve more recognition than they seem to have nowadays.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-cleotha-staple-of-the-staple-singers/651105/2 "2013-02-22T20:18:44Z")

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I saw Mavis’ post about this on Facebook this morning. Sad news.