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Smokey Robinson, a fellow Motown alum and a longtime pal of Fakir’s, informed the Detroit Free Press: “My brother, I actually hate to need to say goodbye however you’ve got been known as house by the Father to as soon as once more be a part of Lawrence, Obie and Levi and make extra of the heavenly music you guys made whereas right here. I am gonna miss you, my brother.”
Martha and the Vandellas’ Martha Reeves mentioned: “All 4 of the Tops have been advantageous, good-looking males and sang with champion voices. Duke had one of many sweetest tenor voices you could possibly hear. You could possibly distinguish him within the concord, that operatic voice within the background. The 4 Tops have been the gents of the teams at Motown – they usually have been the A singers of the Motown group.”
Motown founder Berry Gordy added: “Duke was first tenor – easy, suave, and all the time sharp. For 70 years, he saved the 4 Tops’ outstanding legacy intact, and in all these years, he by no means missed a efficiency, till only in the near past. I so admire all he did for the 4 Tops, for Motown and for me. Duke can be tremendously missed, and can all the time be a big a part of the Motown legacy.”
Fakir is survived by his spouse Piper Fakir, daughter Farah Fakir Cook dinner, sons Nazim Bashir Fakir, Abdul Kareem Fakir Jr., Myke Fakir, Anthony Fakir, and Malik Robinson, 13 grandchildren, and 9 greatgrandchildren.