Born on June 8, 1941 in Elkhorn, West Virginia, USA.
Died on March 17, 2023 in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, USA.
One of the original members of Parliament, he joined the group in 1965 when they were still called The Parliaments. He later became an integral voice on Funkadelic's groundbreaking series of albums for undefined, as well as releasing two solo albums for the label. He quit the P-Funk groups on June, 4 1977 after a show in Los Angeles, and later tried to reclaim the Funkadelic name from George Clinton.