Grammy-winning singer Dennis Edwards, an unmistakable voice during legendary act the Temptations’ heyday, died Thursday night (Feb. 1) of complications from meningitis, confirms his wife of eighteen years, Brenda Edwards.
Mr. Edwards, who lived in Florissant, died in a hospital in Chicago, and had been in and out of hospitals since he was diagnosed May 2017. He would have been 75 on Saturday (Feb. 3).
Mr. Edwards received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, given to the Temptations, in 2013 that included original Temptations singer Otis Williams and the survivors of the departed members of the group. The Post-Dispatch profiled Edwards at that time.
The Temptations were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards performed at the Ambassador June 2016.
In 1985, Mr. Edwards scored a huge solo hit with "Don't Look Any Further."
A full obituary of Mr. Edwards is forthcoming.
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