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- Gerald Walling was born on 26 June 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980). He died on 25 November 2011 in Clarkston, Michigan, USA.
- Larry Ramos was born on 19 April 1942 in Waimea, Hawaii. He was an actor, known for The Association: Windy (1967) and Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances (2002). He died on 30 April 2014 in Clarkston, Washington, USA.
- Bobby Edwin Cousar, born April 3rd, 1934, and died on April 16th, 2013, after an extended illness. He was an astounding man who had a passion for music. His greatest lifetime achievements, according to him were: playing drums for Dianna Ross and the Supremes, a Mowtown singing group, as well as being a back-up musician for numerous Mowtown stars, such as Ray Charles, and Marvin Gaye. In addition to percussion, Bob was skilled in playing the baritone horn and trombone. It is said that he exhibited his artistic skills from a very early age. He was a member of multiple musical groups, like the Detroit Parks and Recreation Boy's Band, the Charles Young American Legion Post Band, the United States Army Band, the Wayne State University Concert Band, and the Jimmy Wilkins Jazz Band. He was also a trombone player in the Funk Brothers but isn't recognized as one of the thirteen official members by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science (the Grammy Awards or NARAS). As well as music, Bobby enjoyed many sports and treasured the multiple hours he would spend with his coaches at Martin Luther King High School in Detroit MI. In his later years, Bobby expressed how he struggled to become someone notable in the music industry due to his race. He often spoke of a specific incident in which he was auditioning to be the drummer for the Supremes and after weeks of auditioning, a fellow auditionee, who was Caucasian, expressed his confusion as to why Bobby hadn't already been given the job, he said that "[Bobby] was six times better than [himself] and it don't matter what color [he was], [Bobby] was easily better". Bobby spent the last years of his life at the Clarkston Specialty Healthcare Center of Clarkston, Michigan. He was known to entertain the staff, and visitors, with stories of his years with Barry Gordy, Mowtown, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, as well as other Rythm and Blues entertainers and performers. While being a resident at Clarkston, he was 'adopted' by Mrs. Julia Prins, an employee at Clarkston, and her family. Julia, who he called 'Miss Julie' would bring her two young daughters (ages seven and eight) and her husband in each week to cheer him up. Additionally to the weekly visits, they were known to 'sneak' Bobby out of the facility and take him out to dinner, sometimes inviting his sister, who was his only living relative. The family showered Bob with unconditional love and affection until his last days. Bob Cousar had often said he had lived a fulfilling and content life; he traveled around the world, played and worked for notable stars, stayed/lived in the best hotels, ate the best foods, and was constantly surrounded by friends, family, and those who cared for him. Bobby's greatest loss was the passing of his only sibling, his litter sister, Donna Cousar. She predeceased him on August 27th, 2012.