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Article: 5th Dimension Singer Townson Dies
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KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-03-2001
5th Dimension Singer Townson Dies
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Ron Townson, the portly centerpiece singer for the Grammy-winning pop group The 5th Dimension, has died. He was 68.
Townson died Thursday of renal failure at his home in Las Vegas after a four-year battle with kidney disease, said Bobette Townson, his wife of 44 years.
``Ron always felt that he would get well enough that he would perform again,'' his wife said. ``He never lost his desire to do that.''
The 5th Dimension combined the sounds of pop, jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues for such 1960s hits as ``Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In,'' and the Laura Nyro songs ``Wedding Bell ...