Pops Staples
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| Birth name | Roebuck Staples |
| Also known as | "Pops" |
| Born | December 28, 1914 Winona, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 2000 (aged 85) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1948–1994 |
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Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American Gospel and R&B musician. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers.
In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States.[1]
Staples was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago.
References
- ↑ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1998". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.