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R.I.P. Force MDs member Jessie D

Force M.D.s member Jessie D (real name Jessie Lee Daniels) has passed away at 58-years-old. As the fifth Force M.D.s member to have died, the news was confirmed on the group’s Facebook page on Tuesday evening. The cause of death has yet to be revealed.
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Reply #1 posted 01/05/22 5:26pm

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Does that mean tha all of the Day 1 original members are gone?!? sad

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Reply #3 posted 01/05/22 6:24pm

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TonyVanDam said:

Does that mean tha all of the Day 1 original members are gone?!? sad


Hmmm. Wikipedia says original lineup was:

Stevie D.

Antoine "T.C.D." Lundy

Rodney "Khalil" Lundy (all above were brothers)

Jessie Lee Daniels (their uncle)

"Trisco" Pearson (joined later)

Charles "Mercury" Nelson (joined later)

Shawn Waters (joined after Pearson and Nelson left; Khalil rejoined after leaving early in their career).

Apparently, their fourth album, Step To Me, included production (partly) by The Time's Monte Moir. Person and Nelson left after that. Lundy had left early on, but rejoined at that point, along with Waters.

Three of the group's members died within five years of each other.



Nelson in 1995 - heart attack

TCD in 1998 - Lou Gehrig's Disease

DJ Dr. Rock (who worked with them early on) in 1996 - natural causes

Trisco in 2016 - Stage 4 cancer

Daniels in 2022


Current members still together:
Zieme Capers

Stevie D.

Khalil

So 2 of the originals are still together.

Other alive but former members are:

Shawn Waters

Damen Heyward

Jessie Rannie

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