BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " EDWARD PATTEN " WAS AN AMERICAN SOUL AND R&B SINGER BEST KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Edward Patten

Edward Patten
Birth name	Edward Roy Patten
Also known as	Eddie Patten
Born	August 27, 1939 Atlanta, Georgia
Died	February 25, 2005 (aged 65) Livonia, Michigan
Genres	R&B, Pop music, Soul music
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, producer
Associated acts	Gladys Knight & the Pips

Edward "Eddie" Roy Patten (August 27, 1939 – February 25, 2005) was an Atlanta, Georgia-born R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. He was lead singer Gladys Knight's first cousin.^[1] Along with the group, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.^[2]

Patten suffered from diabetes, and died of a stroke at St. Mary's Hospital in Livonia, Michigan, where he resided. He was 65 years old. He is interred at Detroit's historic Woodlawn Cemetery at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue.^[1][3]