Obituaries

R&B singer John Carter, who performed with the groups the Dells and the Flamingos, has died at the age of 75. He had lung cancer.

He was a founding member of the Flamingos, who were inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall in 2000. The group recorded for Chicago-based Chess Records and was best known for the hits "Golden Teardrops" and a soulful rendition of the standard "I Only Have Eyes for You."

Carter moved in 1960 to the Dells, who had formed in 1952 as a doo-wop group at Thornton Township High School, in Harvey. He replaced lead tenor Johnny Funches and led the R&B group for the next 49 years.

He's co-lead singer in this clip when he was with the Dells circa 1975:


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Rose Friedman, co-conspirator with her late husband Uncle Miltie Friedman in helping to destroy economies around the world, died the other day of heart failure. Nobody knows exactly how old she was since her birth records were long gone, but she was said to have been probably 98.

She met Milton in 1932, married him six years later, and they stayed together for 68 years until he died in 2006.

The global economy may not last that long thanks to their crackpot theories being implemented.
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