Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, the colorful and flamboyant lead singer for the Ohio Players, died yesterday at the age of 70. No other details are currently available, but it has been confirmed through a close contact to the singer. UPDATE: In an official family statement released by Scott Hanover the family said, “Yesterday, Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner passed away […]

 Funk/Soul music has suffered a great loss as Leroy “Sugafoot” Bonner passed away over the weekend. JC and the WTLC staff got a chance to sit with member Tony Cheesebourough who is one of the surviving of Sugafoots Ohio Players. Some even feel that Tony was actually being groomed to take over in Sugafoots place […]

Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, the colorful and flamboyant lead singer for the Ohio Players, passed away Saturday at the age of 69. No other details are currently available, but an official family announcement says he passed away quietly in his hometown of Trotwood-Dayton, Ohio. The Ohio Players were originally formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959, and […]