Mack Rice, the soul legend who was best known for his 1965 hit “Mustang Sally,” has died. He was 82. The musician passed away on Monday at his Detroit, Michigan, home from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. His death was confirmed by family friend Pat Lewis in a statement to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Bonny “Mack” Rice, who was also known as Sir Mack, was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and broke onto the R&B music scene during the 1950s, performing with the Five Scalders and the Falcons, a group whose members included Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett and Joe Stubbs.
- 6/29/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
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