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
Marie Stubbs The couple divide their time between London and Banbury. They have three daughters and six grandchildren, In 2005, ITV made her book into a two-hour drama with Julie Walters playing Lady Stubbs. In ""Good Housekeeping 2008"" she said playing Lady Stubbs in Ahead of the Class was one of her favourite roles. Marie Stubbs Marie, Lady Stubbs, DSG (born 1939, Glasgow) is a British educator and academic, mostly known for being the headmistress who reformed St George's Roman Catholic Secondary School, in Maida Vale, London. Marie Margaret Stubbs was headteacher at Douay Martyrs School in Ickenham. She was also responsible