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
Keith Stubbs Stubbs eventually became a stockbroker with Paine Webber in Los Angeles, but left to pursue a career in comedy. Stubbs studied comedy improv at the Groundlings Theatre & School in Hollywood, California. He began performing stand up comedy in 1991. Stubbs has opened for notable comedians like Frank Caliendo, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, and Joel McHale. Stubbs formerly hosted two radio programs in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. He first hosted "The Stubbs Show" on KEGA, 101.5 The Eagle. He also hosted "Keith Stubbs Sports" on ESPN 700. Stubbs has performed twice on A&E’s "An Evening at