Nickolas Ashford, one-half of the successful Motown singer-songwriter duo of Ashford and Simpson, died Monday afternoon, August 22.
Ashford had been battling and was being treated for throat cancer.
He was 69 years old.
His wife Valerie Simpson and his children were at his bedside when he died.
According to their MySpace page, Ashford and Simpson met in 1964 in New York City.
Within two years, as songwriters with Scepter Songwriters, they scored their first hit with Ray Charles' Let's Go Get Stoned.
Source: http://www.rjrnewsonline.com/entertainment/nickolas-ashford-motown-duo-ashford-and-simpson-dies
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