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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1494/
- Published: 2026-05-31T18:30:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-31T18:30:31.000Z
- Description: The 75-year-old lived in Auckland for 40 years after he married New Zealand woman Fari LaPread.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Former member of the legendary American singing group [the Commodores](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/102549830/lionel-ritchie-how-one-lady-led-to-him-to-dancing-on-the-ceiling?ref=goodoil.news), Ronald LaPread, has died.  
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> The 75-year-old had lived in Auckland for 40 years after he married New Zealand woman Fari LaPread.  
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> LaPread’s daughter, [music producer Soraya LaPread](https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/350561004/emerging-kiwi-artist-to-follow-in-musician-father-s-famous-footsteps?ref=goodoil.news), confirmed the news on social media on Sunday.  
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> “It’s with a very heavy heart that I must announce that my father Ronald LaPread has passed,” she said on Instagram.  
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> Originally from Alabama, LaPread was the bass player for the Tuskegee group from 1970 to 1986, playing on 11 of their albums.  
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> During his tenure with the group, they had hits such as Brick House, Easy, and Three Times A Lady, among others.  
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