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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:32 PM
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Damn!!! Another bit of pop culture passes away.................
Izora Rhodes Armstead, half of Weather Girls duo, dies in Calif.

Associated Press


SAN FRANCISCO - Izora Rhodes Armstead, who sang the 1980's dance club hit "It's Raining Men" as one half of the Weather Girls, has died. Her age was unknown.

Armstead, who along with partner Martha Wash started out as background singers for San Francisco disco diva Sylvester before forming the Weather Girls, died on Sept. 16 of heart failure at a hospital in San Leandro, about 20 miles east of San Francisco.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/9781957.htm?1c
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:34 PM
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1. awwwww that's sad
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:36 PM
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2. did you know she also sang with C and C Music Factory?
:hi:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:37 PM
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3. Martha Wash did but I didn't realize she did too
I am a BIG Martha Wash fan
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:39 PM
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4. SHIT!
First Rick James... and now this! I feel like I'm all "funked' out!
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 03:44 PM
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5. I saw Two Tons of Fun and Sylvester at the Saint in Dallas...
...ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING!!!

Good journey, luv. Thanks for the music.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 04:10 PM
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6. yikes -- now that is sad!
she had a great voice!
and i loved playing til dawn to that song.
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tcfrogs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-04 04:13 PM
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7. Noooooooooooo!
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