Four Tops singing for 44 years with the Four Tops who, unlike many Motown groups, never had a single lineup change until then. At first, Levi Stubbs, Obie Benson, and Duke Fakir toured as a trio called "The Tops". In 1998, they recruited former Temptation Theo Peoples to restore the group to a quartet. By the turn of the century, Stubbs had become ill from cancer; Ronnie McNeir was recruited to fill the Lawrence Payton position and Peoples stepped into Stubbs' shoes as lead singer. Stubbs later died on October 17, 2008 at his home in Detroit. The group also did commercials
Richard Stubbs Break" as a regular contributor alongside brother Peter ("Grubby") and Diane ("Dee Dee") Dunleavy. In 2016, he returned to stand up comedy performing in venues around Australia. In 2017 he performed his one-man show, "Richard Stubbs In Full Flight", at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Stubbs' brother is Melbourne radio personality Peter Stubbs. Richard Stubbs Richard Stubbs (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian radio and television presenter, writer and comedian. Stubbs was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was school captain. He then completed a Bachelor of Economics degree. After a try-out routine at Melbourne's Last Laugh comedy