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Richard “Dimples” FieldsA singer and musician, died Wednesday, January 12, 2000 of a stroke at Novato California Community Hospital in Los ; Angeles, California. He was 58. A popular Oakland recording artist-who was the first African-American singer to sign a million; dollar contract with RCA. ‘ Mr. Fields was born in New • Orleans and lived in Los Angeles for many years. He attended Greenville Park School in Hammond and Castlemont High; School in Oakland, California. He was a member of Kingdom Hall ■ Jehovah’s Witnesses. He was ■ known for his album “Mr. Look SO Good featuring “She’s Got Papers’’, “If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another.” He also recorded “Telliri’ It Like It Is.” Survivors include his mother, Evelyn Brazil, of ‘ Hammond, stepmother, Melvina; Crumes, of Alabama, three broth-
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Hammond Daily Star
Hammond, Louisiana, US
Fri, Jan 21, 2000
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