Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins Dies at 81 - Noise11.com
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Clarence Fuzzy Haskins

Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins Dies at 81

by Paul Cashmere on March 19, 2023

in News

Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins, an original member of Parliament, has died at age 81.

Haskins was a member of the band with George Clinton when it was The Parliaments. The Parliaments auditioned for Motown but their first hit ‘(I Wanna) Testify’ was released on Detroit indie label Revilot Records.

Funkadelic the funk rock band Clinton also fronted. That band started out in 1964. The two groups would tour as Parliament-Funkadelic.

Haskins left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 but joined the group for their induction into the Tock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. He also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

He released a solo album in 1976 and in 1981 formed a new Funkadelic, appeared on Soul Train and that group also recorded a new album ‘Connections & Disconnections’.

Haskins suffered a stroke in 2022. He died on 17 March 2023.

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