Bobby Rogers, founder of Motown group The Miracles, dies
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Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the Miracles, has died. Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls said Rogers died on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at his home. He was 73. -- PHOTO: AP
SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (AP) - Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the Motown group The Miracles and a collaborator with Smokey Robinson, has died. He was 73.
Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls says Rogers died on Sunday morning at his home.
Rogers had been ill for several years. He lived in the Detroit suburb of Southfield.
Rogers formed the group in 1956 with cousin Claudette Rogers, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Robinson. Their hits included I Second That Emotion and The Tears Of A Clown.
