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- American singer Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations died in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 52 from lung cancer, a year after having one lung removed. He sang lead vocals on “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Get Ready,” and “Just My Imagination.” As a solo artist, he had several hits in the 1970s, including the U.S. No. 1 single “Keep On Truckin’” and the song “Boogie Down.”