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Post by TrishDrex on Feb 27, 2009 17:21:36 GMT -5
of Tony Turner's book "Deliver Us From Temptation"...quote:
"Hello, Tony Turner?"
"Yes? Who is it?"
"'This is Butch.' He introduced another man who was on an extension with him. 'Tony, we just spoke to Mr. Ruffin in Japan. We're Mr. Ruffin's managers.'"
I want the name of the "other man" who was on the phone with Linster "Butch" Murrell when this alleged call was made to Tony Turner.
Thanks, Drex drexelldv@yahoo.com
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Post by TrishDrex on Feb 28, 2009 13:58:52 GMT -5
Police looking for dead singer's driver Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Las Vegas Review - Journal. Las Vegas, Nev.: Jun 3, 1991. pg. 3.c
Abstract (Summary) [David Ruffin]'s New York agent agrees. "Something is just not right here," said Ruth Bowen, the agent. "I don't know if David overdosed, or if someone overdosed him, but the money is gone." Bowen said Ruffin had been wearing a money belt with "at least $40,000" in it.
Ruffin reportedly had collapsed at a crack house, where he had gone with a friend, who was driving the limousine, according to Lt. Thomas Fournier. The officer said a large sum of money in U.S. traveler's checks was missing from Ruffin, although it wasn't clear if they were stolen. Police said Ruffin was wearing no money belt and had only $53 on him in the hospital.
Linster "Butch" Murrell said Ruffin was a friend who sometimes did advertisements for his company and, in return, could use the firm's limousines _ as he did Friday night. Murrell's first inkling that something was wrong was when an acquaintance returned the car Saturday morning and said Ruffin was in the hospital.
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(Copyright 1991)
$40,000 reportedly missing after ex-Temptation's death
PHILADELPHIA _ Dianne Showers can't say she was surprised when she got the call Saturday that her fiance, former Temptations singer David Ruffin, was dead.
He always told her he never expected to live a long life, she said. He always sought out the roughest neighborhoods in cities he visited, she said. And for more than 20 years, she said, he had been addicted to drugs.
But there was something about his death from a suspected drug overdose over the weekend that she said didn't add up.
Forty-thousand dollars is missing, she said.
Ruffin's New York agent agrees. "Something is just not right here," said Ruth Bowen, the agent. "I don't know if David overdosed, or if someone overdosed him, but the money is gone." Bowen said Ruffin had been wearing a money belt with "at least $40,000" in it.
Bowen said she alerted Philadelphia detectives, who Sunday focused their investigation on identifying the driver of a limousine who delivered Ruffin to the doors of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He arrived at 2:55 a.m. Saturday and was pronounced dead about an hour later, police said.
Ruffin reportedly had collapsed at a crack house, where he had gone with a friend, who was driving the limousine, according to Lt. Thomas Fournier. The officer said a large sum of money in U.S. traveler's checks was missing from Ruffin, although it wasn't clear if they were stolen. Police said Ruffin was wearing no money belt and had only $53 on him in the hospital.
The last time Bowen spoke to Ruffin was Friday night, when he faxed her a signed contract for a European tour that was to begin this month.
Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks and Dennis Edwards, former singers from the legendary Motown group The Temptations, had recently returned from a monthlong tour in Great Britain.
"David stayed over a couple extra days to pick up the balance from the promoter," Bowen said. "He had money of his own from the tour _ a sizable amount _ and $22,940 that was due at the end of the tour" to Kendricks and Edwards. The tour had been a success, said Bowen, and brought in nearly $300,000.
She said Ruffin told her Friday that he was about to call Kendricks to let him know he was sending him the money via Western Union. Edwards said he, too, had been waiting for Ruffin to send him money.
"David was doing so well," said Edwards, referring to Ruffin's drug problems. "He was clear as a bell; we trusted him to stay there and pick up the money for us."
Showers, who had been living with Ruffin for several years in west Philadelphia, said she never saw the $40,000, but knew he was supposed to have it, and that he was supposed to have wired it to his partners during the week of May 26.
On Sunday, police were still looking for the man who dropped Ruffin off at the hospital. Detectives visited Murrell Limousine Service, which Ruffin had used in the past.
Linster "Butch" Murrell said Ruffin was a friend who sometimes did advertisements for his company and, in return, could use the firm's limousines _ as he did Friday night. Murrell's first inkling that something was wrong was when an acquaintance returned the car Saturday morning and said Ruffin was in the hospital.
"When I called the hospital, they told me he'd been discharged. Then I heard on the radio that he had died. I was in shock," Murrell said.
The last time Showers saw Ruffin was a week before he died. They watched television.
"He seemed relaxed, happy," Showers said. Then he left and as usual, told her what he always did when he walked out the door. "He said he loved me."
It was not unusual for him to go away and not come back. Showers said she never asked him where he was going or when he would return.
"He always told me he left home at 14 years old and he was a big boy," she said. "He is a celebrity, and it's a different type of relationship than a normal one. He is a living legend, he has fans and he has a life."
Showers met Ruffin in 1967 when she was 14 and he was performing at the Nixon Theater. She knew a disc jockey who got her backstage. They met again in 1984, when he performed in Philadelphia. They were talking about getting married next January.
Ruffin and his ex-wife, Sandra, of Detroit, had three children.
Ruffin's body was transferred to a Philadelphia funeral home Sunday.
*************************************************** There is no mention of Murrell having possession of the CASH or Showers having possession of the briefcase, although Murrell got it to her on June 1, Saturday. Murrell knew her well enough to take her the briefcase and Showers knew Murrell enough to ride in his limo for a photo op, but she had to hear David Ruffin had been taken to the hospital and was dead from Ms. Ruth Bowen and not from Murrell at 4 AM? Wake up everybody!
Trish/Drex drexelldv@yahoo.com
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Post by Drex on Mar 13, 2009 13:36:33 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_on_en_tv/anna_nicole_smith_drug_chargesSounds familiar...those of you who knew David have no idea how many local papers these folks gave stories to, along with photo ops, media whores they were. David Ruffin was leaving them, he had already left her and Ms. "If-I-Can't-Have-Him-Then-Nobody-Can" and Mr. "After-I-Was-Good-To-Him" and "I-Took-Care-Of-Him-In-Philadelphia" couldn't handle having to explain the loss and feeling like a nobody without him. Ruffin was thankless. She took him home from McDougals that first night, and she loved him. There is no doubt. But he was moving on. He was drugged and his money was kept, Ruffin never collected all the cash, he was given a portion to be held at bay. If the dark of the night, as they close their eyes, they know. They know I know. ;-)
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Post by Dres on Mar 30, 2009 13:26:12 GMT -5
MOTOWN STAR'S CRACK DEATH RULED ACCIDENT POLICE QUESTION ALLEGED DRUG COMPANION Detroit Free Press (MI) - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Author: ROBERT J. TERRY Knight-Ridder Newspapers , SWICKARD Staff Writer , ted Press International
PHILADELPHIA -- David Ruffin 's final performance in a crack house lasted 25 minutes. There was no encore.
After an evening of drinking in a Philadelphia bar, the former lead singer of the Temptations slapped down $200 for 10 vials of crack cocaine at 2 a.m. Saturday. By 2:25 a.m., the cocaine was gone, and Ruffin was unconscious. - [PPD said they believed Ruffin purchased the drug somewhere else, but here it is in a different article. Did the inconsistencies alone not cause certain ones of you to ask questions?]
Twenty-five minutes later, he was dumped from a loaned limousine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. By 4 a.m., the 50-year-old former Motown star, who once rolled up to concerts in a mink-lined limo apart from the rest of his group, was dead, with $53 in his pockets.
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office ruled Monday that the death was accidental, due to an adverse reaction to cocaine.
Jeffrey Collins, the Detroit lawyer who represented Ruffin through a series of drug-related run-ins with local authorities in 1988-89, said he was not surprised by the death, or the new details that emerged Monday as Philadelphia police questioned people who were with Ruffin during his final hours.
"It's terrible, but I really wish I could say I was surprised," Collins said.
"It was like trying to tame a wild horse," Collins said of trying to shepherd Ruffin through his legal troubles in Detroit. "There was continual self-denial that he had a problem. Such a talent. It's very depressing that David didn't have the inner strength he needed to overcome his problems."
On Monday, police searched the crack house where Ruffin made his last buy with cash he pulled from a briefcase. Investigators also questioned a man with whom Ruffin allegedly smoked the 10 vials of cocaine. -[Why did police wait until Monday to search the crackhouse? Why wasn't Nowell charged with selling the drugs to Ruffin? Nowell is the one who told PPD Ruffin took the $200 out of the briefcase. ]
Police also are trying to determine how much money Ruffin was carrying. Friends said he had between $10,000 and $40,000 in cash and traveler's checks; police said his briefcase was found, but not money.
According to investigators, Ruffin began the evening in a limousine driven by Donald Brown, 35, a friend of the car owner. They went to the Parkside Inn, a bar in a rough west Philadelphia neighborhood.
After several hours, they went around the corner to a crack house on 52nd Street near Parkside.
Inside the house Ruffin and Brown met William Nowell , 44. Nowell told police Monday Ruffin was already "all f---ed up" when he arrived.
He said Ruffin opened his briefcase and took out $200 for 10 vials of crack. Nowell told police that he and the singer split the drug, smoking it up in 25 minutes. -[BULLSHIT!]
After Ruffin collapsed, Brown loaded him into the back of the limousine and took off for the hospital.
On Monday morning, police took Nowell into custody after tracking him to the Germantown area of Philadelphia. He was scheduled to undergo a polygraph examination Monday night after a day of questioning. Police searched the crack house about an hour after Nowell was picked up. Police did not say what, if anything, they found. -[Did he take it? What were the results? Another tidbit of information to ease the mind of the public and help make Ruffins death go away.]Ruffin had been living in Philadelphia since 1989 with a girlfriend, Diane Showers, after completing probation in Michigan and entering drug rehabilitation to clear his late- 1980s Detroit arrests.
He was just home from a successful tour of Great Britain with ex-Temptations Eddie Kendricks and Dennis Edwards that took in $300,000. Ruffin 's New York agent, Ruth Bowen, said Ruffin had the proceeds from the tour in a money belt and was to wire money to Kendricks and Edwards.
She said he kept personal papers and British traveler's checks in the briefcase.
Collins said Ruffin seemed set on a self-destructive course.
"His family, his friends, the legal systems -- everybody and everything tried to help him out, but it didn't work," Collins said.
In a Detroit court appearance after being arrested for violating probation on a drug charge, Ruffin adopted an indignant, surly posture.
"That was just a tough-guy cover," Collins said. "Really, he was very scared and very lonely. You know, he did a lot -- so much for his country and the community. It's so sad and such a waste."
Funeral arrangements were still incomplete late Monday at the Swanson Funeral Home in Detroit. Caption: Photo DavidRuffin *** Memo: SEE ALSO METRO FINAL EDITION, Page 1B
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Post by Drex on Nov 17, 2009 16:50:34 GMT -5
Thanks to facebook I have finally found the answer!
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Post by Drex on Feb 13, 2010 22:08:15 GMT -5
(((Dee Ess))) or (((Sarah Lee))) have you heard of the "Bobo brothers" from West Philadelphia? (No firestorm here or any other thread Beez, just wondering if there is a connection. I know there is between them and the limo "situation.")
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Post by BroMan on Feb 15, 2010 11:25:14 GMT -5
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Post by SarahLee on Feb 19, 2010 22:45:01 GMT -5
The [shadow=red,left,300]BITCH [/shadow] never left!
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Post by Drex on Mar 10, 2010 19:27:09 GMT -5
The [shadow=red,left,300]BITCH [/shadow] never left! Sarah Lee, how you doing? I saw on Twitter, where last month DS is still ranting about "getting cheated out of money" almost 27 years ago. Money from a man who, according to her, beat and abused her..she has recently posted the same thing about Verizon on fb and a Verizon site. Yet, when the cash money, from a man she was allegedly engaged to, goes "missing LOL" and he dies, she fails to mention the "Missing money LOL" until AFTER Ms. Bowen asks about it and ccntacts PPD. I am guessing Murrell wasn't aware that anyone outside Phildadelphia knew Murrell had the money until Eddie called letting Murrell know David told him and asks about the cash and the briefcase. What do you think Sarah Lee?
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Post by Drex on Mar 13, 2010 11:24:04 GMT -5
It is sad, and I am being serious, when insurance doesn't pay due to cause of death. However, Mr. David's "never thought he'd live long." If he never thought he'd live long then did were they suggesting he intentionally overdosed in all their many statements? No, because intentional overdoes is suicide -no pay out. From the get-go "he always did drugs, hung with the wrong side of town, was a danger to himself"...blah blah blah. I wonder if anyone in Philadelphia had an accidental insurance policy on Mr. David?
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Post by SarahLee on Mar 13, 2010 16:23:48 GMT -5
The [shadow=red,left,300]BITCH [/shadow] never left! Sarah Lee, how you doing? I saw on Twitter, where last month DS is still ranting about "getting cheated out of money" almost 27 years ago. Money from a man who, according to her, beat and abused her..she has recently posted the same thing about Verizon on fb and a Verizon site. Yet, when the cash money, from a man she was allegedly engaged to, goes "missing LOL" and he dies, she fails to mention the "Missing money LOL" until AFTER Ms. Bowen asks about it and ccntacts PPD. I am guessing Murrell wasn't aware that anyone outside Phildadelphia knew Murrell had the money until Eddie called letting Murrell know David told him and asks about the cash and the briefcase. What do you think Sarah Lee? Why drex I'm very well thank you. With every letter you type,you show how truly inept you are. The "ranting and raving" about the money she was cheated out of is obviously the money she feels is hers. The abusive man you're refering to is her deceased husband. The missing money of her "fiance",another man that abused her,was clearly his money. Surely even you are not so stupid enoguh to understand,that most sensible people would be more interested in their own money rather than the money of someone else. BTW drex, how would her mention of the money changed anything? It was mentioned by numerous people yet it was still missing. Personally I hope DS did end up with the money.There's no doubt in my mind that he owed it to her. He lived in her house,lived off her resourses, self helped himself to her personal possessions. Truth of the matter is Nobody else wanted the burden of caring for him,including his family. So whom do you think would have more of an entitlement to the money? After his death he certainly didn't need it. It seems YOU are the only one obsessing over the money.David Ruffin's estate isnt,Eddie Kendrick's estate isn't,and neither is Dennis Edwards . One thing is for certain,the money isn't missing,it's spent! And no one can or ever will be able to prove who spent it. What proof do you have that the money wasn't retrieved by Eddie or Dennis? They would be under no obligation to share that with the media,because.it was their money. BTW drex,after the initial interview,neither Dennis or Eddie mentioned the money again. Eddie is gone,but Dennis is still very much alive. Why haven't you sat down with him,and discussed the missing/spent money? Since some of the money was his,I would think he woud be interested in who stole it. Unless of course he know exactly what happened to the money,and that's why he isn't willing to give YOU the time of day. It seems you could get more insight from tallking to people,than relying on qoutes from books and news paper articles. Why isn't anyone talking to you,drex? What do you think?
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Post by SarahLee on Mar 13, 2010 16:33:32 GMT -5
It is sad, and I am being serious, when insurance doesn't pay due to cause of death. However, Mr. David's "never thought he'd live long." If he never thought he'd live long then did were they suggesting he intentionally overdosed in all their many statements? No, because intentional overdoes is suicide -no pay out. From the get-go "he always did drugs, hung with the wrong side of town, was a danger to himself"...blah blah blah. I wonder if anyone in Philadelphia had an accidental insurance policy on Mr. David? What exactly is an accidental insurance policy? Where would one obtain one? What company offers such a policy? What type of accident woud qualify for a pay out? It's common knowledge you're not articulate, so it's difficult to understand what you're trying to ask. But this latest question exposes your ignorance,and it's staggering. Good question drex. Wonder if anyone in Detroit had Life insurance on him since there is NO such thing as accidental insurance ? say like his own family? Why don't you dedicate another 8 years to finding the answer to that question.
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Post by SarahLee on Mar 14, 2010 11:39:15 GMT -5
YOU'RE the one that needs to "wake up". Why wouldn't the briefcase be returned to Daine? That was David's last known residence. You can't place Diane Showers or Murrell at the crack house or in the limo ride to the hospital. You have no idea who had possession of the briefcase during the span of time where David took ill and was taken to the hospitial. I'm sure your pea brain can't entertain the notion that if the briefcase full of money was left at the crack house it would be returned empty. Of course you have to first establish that David had the cash on him that night to begin with.Which is impossible. You are so in the weeds with all of your theorys,because you lack knowledge of the basic facts. Nobody knows what was in that briefcase but David Ruffin and the person or persons that had after it was left behind. None of these people are talking about it. Surmise all you want,but the reality is you're where you started many moons ago,and that's NOWHERE close to knowing what happened that fateful night, and You never will.
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Post by Brandy on Mar 14, 2010 19:27:06 GMT -5
hell I got the money and spent it *dr.evil laugh* lol
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Post by Drex on Mar 16, 2010 19:18:59 GMT -5
YOU'RE the one that needs to "wake up". Why wouldn't the briefcase be returned to Daine? That was David's last known residence. You can't place Diane Showers or Murrell at the crack house or in the limo ride to the hospital. You have no idea who had possession of the briefcase during the span of time where David took ill and was taken to the hospitial. I'm sure your pea brain can't entertain the notion that if the briefcase full of money was left at the crack house it would be returned empty. Of course you have to first establish that David had the cash on him that night to begin with.Which is impossible. You are so in the weeds with all of your theorys,because you lack knowledge of the basic facts. Nobody knows what was in that briefcase but David Ruffin and the person or persons that had after it was left behind. None of these people are talking about it. Surmise all you want,but the reality is you're where you started many moons ago,and that's NOWHERE close to knowing what happened that fateful night, and You never will. Keep on talking sweetie....deflect....traces of heroin in his body hum?
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