Revered Motown producer dies at 67 | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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Norman Whitfield, R.I.P. [Obituaries]
Published 9/17/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
... from diabetes. Whitfield co-wrote "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" and produced both the Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight versions of the track; he also worked extensively with the Temptations, and produced their Grammy-winning songs "Cloud Nine" and "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (above). In 1973, he left Motown and formed his own label, Whitfield Records, which had its biggest success with Rose Royce's "Car Wash" and the soundtrack to the film of the same name. Whitfield was 67. [Detroit Free Press; HT ...

R.I.P. Motown Producer/Songwriter Norman Whitfield
Published 9/17/2008 by Matthew Solarski at Pitchfork Media - Today
... "It's a very sad day," Whitfield's onetime Motown colleague Janie Bradford-- who spoke to Whitfield shortly before his death-- told the Detroit Free Press. "It sounded like he was fighting with everything he had to get it together. Just fighting back." ...