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| | Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips Dies |
 | | Edward Patten, lower left, a member of Gladys Knight and The Pips, died early Friday, Feb. 25, 2005, at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich. He was 65. |
 | | Patten is shown with Singer Gladys Knight, right, and the other members of her former back-up group "The Pips," William Guest, left, and Merald "Bubba" Knight in New York's Motown Cafe in this Jan. 16, 1996 file photo. |
 | | Patten's father was a bandleader and he, along with the rest of the family, grew up around music. |
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