{"id":175532,"date":"2023-01-03T01:33:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T01:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fred-white-drummer-for-the-band-earth-wind-fire-has-died-npr\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T01:33:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T01:33:22","slug":"fred-white-drummer-for-the-band-earth-wind-fire-has-died-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fred-white-drummer-for-the-band-earth-wind-fire-has-died-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred White, drummer for the band Earth, Wind & Fire, has died : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fred White, who played drums for the era-defining and genre-defying band Earth, Wind & Fire, has died at the age of 67, his brother and the band announced on social media. <\/p>\n
“Our family is saddened today with the loss of an amazing and talented family member, our beloved brother Frederick Eugene ‘Freddie’ White,” wrote his brother and bandmate Verdine White on Instagram on Sunday. No cause of death has yet been released. <\/p>\n
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Fred White was born in 1955 in Chicago into a family of musicians, including older brothers Verdine and Maurice White. He showed talent at the drums early in life \u2014 a “child prot\u00e9g\u00e9,” his brother Verdine said \u2014 and even as a teenager he found success playing drums in Chicago for acts including Donny Hathaway. <\/p>\n
“At home and beyond he was the wonderful bro that was always entertaining and delightfully mischievous,” his brother wrote. “We could always count on him to make a seemingly bad situation more light hearted.”<\/p>\n
In 1970, Maurice moved to Los Angeles and founded Earth, Wind & Fire, and Verdine joined a few months later. <\/p>\n
A few years later, they coaxed their younger brother to join the group as a primary drummer. <\/p>\n