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Sufferment t1_j2735x6 wrote

>The founding members were Clarence Fountain (1929–2018), George Scott (1929–2005), Velma Bozman Traylor (1923–1947), Johnny Fields (1927–2009), Olice Thomas (b. 1926, d. unknown), and the only sighted member, J. T. Hutton (c. 1924–2012.)

Seems like OP is off by 5 years.

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MCMax05 OP t1_j29715z wrote

He was with them from the start and played live with them sometimes but didn’t become an official member until the early 1980s. The last original member that recorded from the start died in 2018.

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