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Fakir was one of the tightly harmonized voices behind such indelible Motown hits like ‘Baby I Need Your Loving’ and ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There.’

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving member of beloved Motown group The Four Tops, has passed away at the age of 88.

The four members of the group, Fakir, Levi Stubbs, Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton formed in the late 1950s but did not find success until the early 1960s.

Fakir, the child of Ethiopian and Bagladeshi immigrants, lived in Detroit his entire life and grew up in a dangerous neighbourhood there, according to the Associated Press.

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving founding member of the Motown vocal group the Four Tops, has died.