Did one of the Temptations die in a crackhouse?
No, no, no–he overdosed at the crackhouse, but died in the hospital. On June 1st, 1991, three weeks after a Temptations reunion tour, lead singer David Ruffin reportedly smoked ten vials of crack and passed out. A limousine dropped him off at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; the driver identified his passenger and drove away without giving his own name. An hour later, Ruffin expired. He had been wearing a money belt containing $40,000, which was stolen sometime on the night of his death and was never recovered. Since Ruffin died broke, Michael Jackson paid for his funeral.
