Clearly seriously mentally ill for decades, the drug use exacerbating the illness, demanding more drugs, in a vicious spiral. He died 25 years ago, and it just took 25 years to complete.
Listen to him sing "Got to be there" and hear the sweetness and purity that I remember listening to a vinyl 45 on the stereo all those years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1m4ddUY4pc

...before all of life came crashing down.


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