Talk:Maurice White

Death date=February 3 of February 4?
TMZ states he died on the 3rd and his death was announced on the 4th, but yet other obits state he died on the morning of the 4th. What date died he actually died on? If you guys figure this out, don't mind double checking Deaths in 2016 to make sure they got it right too. I'm waiting for the NYT obit. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:09, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Different sources say that he either died on Wednesday (the 3th) or Thursday (the 4th). The most reliable is his brother's statement saying on Thursday he had died "last night on his sleep", which would be Wednesday the 3th as stated in the "Death" section of the Wikipedia entry. So I'm correcting the death date to February 3, if only for consistency. As this has been changed several times, please don't modify it again unless there is a valid reason for doing so. --Fyrndeheimen (talk) 15:05, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * - Feb. 4 is on his infobox and Deaths in 2016, but Feb 3 is on the lead. I'm confused. Can we just put (M/DD/YYYY – February 3/4, 2016).--TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:16, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2016
White, who suffered from Parkinson's diease for a long time, died in his sleep from the effects of Parkinson's disease at his home in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2016 at the age of 74. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.3.66.82 (talk) 09:58, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Copy Edit
I have spent several hours copy editing this article to (I hope) bring it up to the standards of a Main Page article. I have added additional material and multiple citations. The article still requires several more hours to add citations for musical works, for example, but as most of them have their own WP pages, I think it's safe to assume the information is factual. It would be nice to establish the actual date of death.Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:26, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

This Article Must Be Expanded to Include Many Things Not Mentioned
Including, among other things" CHARLES STEPNEY'S IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARTH WIND AND FIRE "SOUND"! Using "ethereal" vocal, string, and even horn arrraignements he invented to make the group's unique", signature sound, instantly recognizable the world over!

Mr. Stepney first experimented with his "technique" with band-leader, and Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, in Ramsey's wildly successful, decidedly "sophmoric" album "Maiden Voyage" (the title composition written by Dr. Lonnie Smith [not to be confused with "fusion" Jazz artist "Lonnie Liston Smith" of "Expansions", and "Visions of a New World"]). More should be added in this article of Charles Stepney's revolutionary work, of who only the best artists were able to replicate, who were not otherwise tutored by him, directly)!

Another item should "flesh out" "Earth, Wind, and Fire"'s global, cultural influence, they being children of the 1960s, and 70s "Civil Rights" era, and later "spiritual awareness" (hippie?) movement! They were alsways given "short-shrift in the 70s, as the global Anglo, Anglo-American media of the United States, and England deigned to promote white artists of near equal, and certainly lesser abilitiy, and absolutely no artistic "staying-power"! Many young people who are under forty-years old could not readily appreciate how the group was demoted, until the early 80s, even though they were among the most highly visible acts, from 1971, until...today!

Again, specail emphases must be placed on Maurice White's spiritual leanings and philosphy, which he and others in his group enfused in virtually every one of "EWF" composition: What was their "spiritual", and "religious" affiliations? Who weretheir spirtual adviors? How did they practiced, and observed their "faith" (there are several interiror picture album spreads of them either praying, of "meditating".

Their (Earth, Wind, and Fire's) overt Afro-centric theme, dress, instruments, compositions, etc. was what made them decidedly unique among other recognizable, and equally famous African-American, and Pan-African singing groups, and artists!

A "theme box" in the article should display a "robotic" illustration of the African instrument the Kablimba; how it works, its mono-chromatic scale; where in Africa it originates from, and its variants. (Messers. M. White, V. White, and Phillip Bailey visibly wore the instrument as an ornament on their chests, which started a "fad' in the 70s, world-wide, in African-themed regalia, and also as a cute trinket, and simple portable music instrument, like the harmonica.

There is a world of influence that the late Mr. Maurice White, et al created in his adult life that stil reverbrates global, spiritually, and beyond. Please honor him, and them with a more revealing history of his talents and influences!

Sadly, what also must be included (and we must be fair in this,) is Maurice White's singular sabotage of the career of the female snging group "The Emotions", as he confiscated several of their stellar compositions to highlight on his own production company (and probably stole the rights to the songs) This was very schocking, and deflating to many of us fans of "EWF", as news of this was communicated through the "grapevine" of fandom! These acts of betrayal and selfishness ran counter to Mr. M. Whites decalrations of belief in "Love", "Universal Faith", and "Reverance" and respect to one's feloow human. --184.248.7.188 (talk) 15:40, 8 February 2016 (UTC)Veryveser

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