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Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, Last Surviving Original Four Tops Member, Dead at 88

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last surviving member of the original Four Tops, has died at age 88.

Fakir logged over 70 years in the Motown act, singing on timeless hits like "Reach Out I'll Be There," "Standing in the Shadows of Love," and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the Four Tops who sang on many of the group’s timeless hits of the Motown era, including “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch),” died Monday of heart failure. But they continued to record albums throughout the Seventies, scoring occasional hits like “MacArthur Park (Part II),” “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got),” and “Keeper of the Castle.” In the years that followed, most of their energy moved to touring on the lucrative oldies circuit.

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