Maurice White – The Pajama Game Opening Night on Broadway – Photo Credit: Janet Mayer / Prphotos
Date of Birth: December 19, 1941
Place of Birth: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Death: February 4, 2016
Place of Death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: African-American
Maurice White was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He co-founded the band Earth, Wind & Fire, where he was the co-lead singer alongside Philip Bailey. He was a seven-time Grammy winner and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. The band’s line-up also includes Maurice’s half-brother Verdine White.
Maurice’s maternal grandparents were General Parker (son of Edward Parker and Ida Bell Collins)and Clara Dewalt.
Sources: Maurice’s mother’s death record – familysearch.org
Maurice’s mother on a 1930 U.S. census – familysearch.org
Maurice’s grandfather’s death record – familysearch.org