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Ex-Spinner collapses onstage, dies

Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 30 August 1984

PHILIPPE E. WYNNE, the former Spinner whose sweet, soulful tenor was heard on such million-selling hits as 'One of a Kind (Love Affair)', 'Could It Be I'm Falling in Love' and 'The Rubberband Man' died on July 13th after collapsing onstage at Ivey's, an Oakland, California, nightclub. He was forty-three.

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