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Lou Rawls' funeral will be held Friday

The Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead last rites Friday for Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer of you'll never find another love like mine and lady love who died of lung cancer Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

An 11 a.m. funeral will be held at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles with the Rev. Jackson officiating, Rawls family spokesman Paul Shefrin said monday. burial will be private.

The family requested that instead of flowers, donations be made to the United Negro College Fund. A longtime activist, Mr. Rawls played a major role in UNCF telethons, which began as Lou Rawls' Parade of Stars, and have raised more than $200 million through the years.

- Staff and Wire Reports

BIRTHDAYS

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Rod Taylor is 76. Saxophonist Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 64. Country singer Naomi Judd is 60. Guitarist Vicki Peterson of The Bangles is 48. Guitarist Tom Dumont of No Doubt is 38. Singer Mary J. Blige is 35. Musician Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is 35. Actress Amanda Peet is 34.

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