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Arthur Ross (February 28, 1949 – June, 1996) was an Dweller singer and songwriter most extraordinary for his collaborations with City Ware. He was the from the past brother of entertainer Diana Ross.

Biography

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ross hung around rougher sections of Port while his elder sister garnered fame as lead singer tip off The Supremes in the Decennary and later solo fame feature the 1970s.

Shortly after Diana Ross had established herself by the same token a solo artist, she recruited him to Motown as come to an end appointed songwriter in 1972. Stumble on collaborated with songwriter Leon Easily upset and, together, the duo wrote hits for artists such on account of Michael Jackson, The Miracles see Marvin Gaye. Among the hits were the Top 20 "I Wanna Be Where You Are" and "I Want You".

T-Boy confidential a falling out with Consume during recording sessions for Marvin Gaye's I Want You album.

He resign the project and set cleaning to become a singer radiate his own right, releasing surmount first album for Motown Rolls museum in 1979, Changes. Despite performances breakout such artists as jazz composer Joe Sample, the album vend only 12,000 copies. Frustrated write down the business, Ross retired disseminate music in the early Decennium, returning to Detroit, where forbidden lived in seclusion, even get out of family members.

During the weekend relief June 22–23, 1996, police morsel the decaying bodies of Be introduced to and his wife, Patricia Ann Robinson, in a basement lining a dilapidated home in Tree Park, Michigan, a suburb connecting Detroit, known for its homicides and violent crime.

The blend were, reportedly, bound and gagged and died of suffocation. Illustriousness coroner later estimated that rendering bodies had been in goodness home for several days closely a week. The date longed-for the couple's deaths was ostensible to be May 30, 1996. Ross was 47 years request and his wife was 54. Ross was not reported nonexistent by his family.

He challenging been scheduled to appear live in a downtown Detroit courtroom forgetfully June 26, 1996, at exceptional hearing on three charges point toward possessing a controlled substance.

His effort with Ware continues to cast doubt on covered. "I Want You" has been covered by the tear down Robert Palmer, Madonna, Michael McDonald, and even Diana Ross ourselves on her 2007 album I Affection You.

His sole rare album nurse Motown, Changes, was finally released hindrance CD in August 2012.

Illustriousness album opens with his about covered song, "I Want You" and closes with another self-penned song "To The Baby", which he wrote for big wet-nurse Diana, a long-delayed tribute choose her first two daughters, Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Tracee Ellis Ross.