Received by Newsfinder from APFeb 25, 2005 4:10 Eastern Time ATLANTA (AP) _ Edward Patten, a member of the music group Gladys Knight & The Pips, died early Friday morning at a hospital in Michigan. He was 66. Patten, an Atlanta native, died around 2 a.m. central time from a stroke he had suffered a few days before, said William Guest, another member of the group. Patten had been living in Detroit and was staying at St. Mary’s Hospital in Livonia, Mich. The hospital declined to give any information on the death. “Edward was my best friend and all through thick and thin, we always stuck together,” Guest said by phone from Detroit.
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