Born in Mississippi in 1941, David Ruffin began writing songs when he
was a teenager. He sang in Memphis talent shows before eventually
signing with Motown Records and joining the Temptations. With Ruffin at
the helm, the Temptations hit it big with such songs as "My Girl" and
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" before Ruffin's drug use caused the band to
implode and fire him. As a solo artist, Ruffin found occasional success,
but he experienced a hard road, dying of a cocaine overdose two years
after he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Source: Biography.com
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