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Post by drex on Jul 18, 2006 18:26:27 GMT -5
May I ask a question about this subject?
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Post by drex on Jul 18, 2006 18:31:08 GMT -5
The death of David Ruffin: inconsistencies and questions
Was David Ruffin dead or alive when he arrived at the hospital?
1. “The emergency room staff carried Ruffin into the hospital and tried to resuscitate him but failed, Police said. He was pronounced dead an hour later, at 3:55 a.m.” - Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
2. “For the amount of crack cocaine David Ruffin reportedly smoked early Saturday, the shock was not that he died, but that he made it to the hospital alive. - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Philadelphia Daily News.
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Did David Ruffin tell Diane Showers he was leaving her?
1. “Showers said she and Ruffin were considering marriage in January 1992.”
- Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
2. “Diane Showers last saw the man of her dreams on May 26, his last Sunday on earth. He watched some TV. Took a shower. He was fine. Then, around 8 p.m. he abruptly got up, told Showers he loved her and “just left” without giving her his usual hugs before going out. She didn’t ask where he was going. She knew.
- Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Philadelphia Daily News.
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1. “David stayed with me at the hotel from Monday until we left on Wed. He went somewhere and got clothes. I assumed Dianes house.” a female friend David was with 2 days before he died via instant message.
2. “During another conversation I learned that David had called his old girlfriend Debbie from London and told her that he would be back soon, and wanted to go out to the farm after he took care of some business in Philadelphia.” - Tony Turner’s book Deliver us From Temptation page 208
3. “…I was hopeful after I had seen David in Philly that maybe there was a chance for us to reconcile, and I wanted to believe the promises he made to me at that time. But I have no way of knowing that had he lived we would have been together. Debbie (another lady friend) told me at this funeral that David had told her the same thing. (that he was returning to her) I didn’t know her before the funeral. CC told me David has told her he was coming back to me. Who knows?” - the female friend
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When did Diane Showers last see David Ruffin?
1. “The last time Showers saw Ruffin was a week before he died.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
2. “Ruffin had lived in Philadelphia since 1989 with his girlfriend, Diane Showers, she said. She said she last saw him on Wednesday.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press
3. “Showers told police she last saw Ruffin at their West Philadelphia home on (Sunday) May 26th.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News.
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Who reported the money was missing to police? Although the briefcase was retrieved by a Murrell employee and taken to Ms. Showers home on Saturday, and, although she was interviewed, there is no mention of these facts in Sunday’s June 2, 1991 Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper.
1. “Showers, who had been living with Ruffin for several years in West Philadelphia, said she never saw the $40,000, but she knew that he was supposed to have it, and that he was supposed to have wired it to his partners last week.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
2. “Something is just not right here, said Ruth Bowen, the agent. I don’t know if David overdosed, or if someone overdosed him, but the money is gone. Bowen said Ruffin had been wearing a money belt with at least $40,000 in it. Bowen said she alerted Philadelphia detectives, who yesterday were trying to find the man who delivered Ruffin to the doors of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
3. “Former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was carrying $35,000 when collapsed in a crack house of an apparent drug overdose, authorities and friends said Sunday.” – Monday June 3, 1991 The Detroit News.
4. “The briefcase was later retrieved by an employee of the company that lent Ruffin the limousine, and the case was delivered to Showers. She reported the money missing to police.” - Wednesday, June 5, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer
5. “Ruffin, 50, lead singer of the popular 1960s group the Temptations was reported by his finance to have had as much as $40,000 in a money belt and an undetermined amount of British traveler’s checks when he went to the alleged crack house on 52nd Street near Columbia Avenue.” - Wednesday, June 5, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News.
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Was it cash, U.S. or British traveler’s checks? And who is the source in the police reports?
1. “Ruffin, who was wearing a money belt at the time, had a briefcase with him containing business papers, $10,000 in cash and an undisclosed amount in traveler’s checks, according to the police report.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer
2. “(Lieutenant Thomas) Fournier also said a large sum of money in U.S traveler’s checks was missing from Ruffin….KYW-TV(CBS) in Philadelphia quoted a police source as saying that Ruffin had $30,000 with him when he went into a crack house; Fournier would not confirm the amount.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle
3. “Police sources said the 50-year-old signer, who died of an apparent drug overdose early Saturday, may have had as much as $40,000 on him as well as a briefcase containing an unknown number of British traveler’s checks. - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News.
4. “Shortly after Ruffin’s return, he gave the cash to Butch Murrel, owner of Murrel Limousine Service, for safekeeping, Murrel said Sunday.” - Tuesday June 4, 1991 The Detroit News
5. “Linster ‘Butch’ Murrell, 39, in who limousine Ruffin was taken to the hospital, said he went to pick up Ruffin at the Newark airport when the singer returned from England in mid-May. Ruffin was carrying a money belt thick with cash – all hundred-dollar bills, he said.’ Murrell said he assured Kendrick’s and Edwards that ‘I see your money…you money is secure.’” - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Philadelphia Inquirer
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Did David have the cash on him?
“Police investigators are not convinced that singer David Ruffin had a large amount of cash on him when he overdosed on crack cocaine early Saturday morning in a suspected drug house in West Philadelphia. There have been allegations that David Ruffin had a sizable amount of money on him.” - Wednesday, June 5 1991 The Philadelphia daily News.
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Did or didn’t Mr. Murrell and/or David Ruffin know Donald Brown prior to May 31, 1991?
1. “Police and Murrel said the driver was not a Murrel employee, but a man both Murrel and Ruffin knew, named Donald Brown”. – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press.
2. “Murrell doubts Ruffin knew Brown, ‘He must have just met him. They must have just got to talking,’ said Murrell.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today.
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Where was the limousine driver Donald Brown from 2:55 a.m. until 4 a.m.? It is less than 5 miles from the HUP to Murrell’s limousine service/home location.
1. “According to Philadelphia police detective, the limousine pulled up to HUP’s emergency room entrance at 2:55 a.m. yesterday and the driver identified his slumped passenger and said Ruffin had overdosed.” – Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
2. “Ruffin, 50 was taken by limousine to the emergency room of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia at 2:55 a.m. Saturday and died an hour later….Officials said hospital security guards lifted his unconscious body from the car. The driver told them Ruffin’s name then sped off.” – Monday June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press.
3. “After passing out, Ruffin was carried from the house by Brown and driven to the hospital at 2:55 a.m.” - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News.
4. “He (Murrell) said Brown returned the limo at 4 a.m. Saturday, and said he took Ruffin to the hospital.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today.
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When on Friday did Butch Murrell last see David Ruffin?
“Linster “Butch” Murrell, who owns the service, said that Ruffin was a friend who sometimes did advertisement for his company and, in return, could use the firm’s limousines - as he and Brown did Friday night.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Murrell said that Ruffin left office Friday afternoon and that he had no idea what happened after that.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle
“(Lieutenant Thomas) Fournier said that ‘through interviewing different people,’ detectives have determined that Ruffin and a friend left Murrell Limousine Service between 10 and 11 p.m. Friday in a limo lent to them by the service’s owner.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle.
“Friday afternoon, Ruffin dropped in to see Murrel at the limousine service Murrel operates out of his home. Later, Ruffin borrowed a stretch limousine.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press.
“Ruffin was last seen about 10 p.m., when he borrowed a white stretch limousine from a close friend, Butch Murrell.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today.
“Ruffin apparently went on a binge, and when he showed up at Murrell’s office on May 31st, ‘he didn’t look well,’ said Murrell. He was unshaven. He looked tired and worn out….At about 11:00 p.m., Ruffin and an associate, Donald Brown, left the office in Murrell’s limo.” – July 11-25 1991, Rolling Stone Magazine.
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What were the “other drugs in David Ruffin’s body?
“ An hour later he was dead – the result of an adverse reaction to cocaine and other drugs, the medical examiner concluded yesterday.” – Tuesday June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“According to police, Nowell gave a statement saying that when Ruffin arrived at this house with Brown about 2 a.m. he was already intoxicated. He said the two men had been drinking at the nearby Parkside Inn.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Nowell told police that when Ruffin arrived at the house, he was already f----- up. Nowell said that Ruffin arrived around 2 a.m. and by 2:25 had shared 10 vials of crack cocaine.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News.
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Post by MsDa on Jul 18, 2006 20:37:15 GMT -5
The death of David Ruffin: inconsistencies and questions Was David Ruffin dead or alive when he arrived at the hospital? 1. “The emergency room staff carried Ruffin into the hospital and tried to resuscitate him but failed, Police said. He was pronounced dead an hour later, at 3:55 a.m.” - Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “For the amount of crack cocaine David Ruffin reportedly smoked early Saturday, the shock was not that he died, but that he made it to the hospital alive. - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Philadelphia Daily News. *** Did David Ruffin tell Diane Showers he was leaving her? 1. “Showers said she and Ruffin were considering marriage in January 1992.” - Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Diane Showers last saw the man of her dreams on May 26, his last Sunday on earth. He watched some TV. Took a shower. He was fine. Then, around 8 p.m. he abruptly got up, told Showers he loved her and “just left” without giving her his usual hugs before going out. She didn’t ask where he was going. She knew. - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Philadelphia Daily News. v. 1. “David stayed with me at the hotel from Monday until we left on Wed. He went somewhere and got clothes. I assumed Dianes house.” a female friend David was with 2 days before he died via instant message. 2. “During another conversation I learned that David had called his old girlfriend Debbie from London and told her that he would be back soon, and wanted to go out to the farm after he took care of some business in Philadelphia.” - Tony Turner’s book Deliver us From Temptation page 208 3. “…I was hopeful after I had seen David in Philly that maybe there was a chance for us to reconcile, and I wanted to believe the promises he made to me at that time. But I have no way of knowing that had he lived we would have been together. Debbie (another lady friend) told me at this funeral that David had told her the same thing. (that he was returning to her) I didn’t know her before the funeral. CC told me David has told her he was coming back to me. Who knows?” - the female friend *** When did Diane Showers last see David Ruffin? 1. “The last time Showers saw Ruffin was a week before he died.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Ruffin had lived in Philadelphia since 1989 with his girlfriend, Diane Showers, she said. She said she last saw him on Wednesday.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press 3. “Showers told police she last saw Ruffin at their West Philadelphia home on (Sunday) May 26th.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. *** Who reported the money was missing to police? Although the briefcase was retrieved by a Murrell employee and taken to Ms. Showers home on Saturday, and, although she was interviewed, there is no mention of these facts in Sunday’s June 2, 1991 Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. 1. “Showers, who had been living with Ruffin for several years in West Philadelphia, said she never saw the $40,000, but she knew that he was supposed to have it, and that he was supposed to have wired it to his partners last week.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Something is just not right here, said Ruth Bowen, the agent. I don’t know if David overdosed, or if someone overdosed him, but the money is gone. Bowen said Ruffin had been wearing a money belt with at least $40,000 in it. Bowen said she alerted Philadelphia detectives, who yesterday were trying to find the man who delivered Ruffin to the doors of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 3. “Former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was carrying $35,000 when collapsed in a crack house of an apparent drug overdose, authorities and friends said Sunday.” – Monday June 3, 1991 The Detroit News. 4. “The briefcase was later retrieved by an employee of the company that lent Ruffin the limousine, and the case was delivered to Showers. She reported the money missing to police.” - Wednesday, June 5, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer 5. “Ruffin, 50, lead singer of the popular 1960s group the Temptations was reported by his finance to have had as much as $40,000 in a money belt and an undetermined amount of British traveler’s checks when he went to the alleged crack house on 52nd Street near Columbia Avenue.” - Wednesday, June 5, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. *** Was it cash, U.S. or British traveler’s checks? And who is the source in the police reports? 1. “Ruffin, who was wearing a money belt at the time, had a briefcase with him containing business papers, $10,000 in cash and an undisclosed amount in traveler’s checks, according to the police report.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer 2. “(Lieutenant Thomas) Fournier also said a large sum of money in U.S traveler’s checks was missing from Ruffin….KYW-TV(CBS) in Philadelphia quoted a police source as saying that Ruffin had $30,000 with him when he went into a crack house; Fournier would not confirm the amount.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle 3. “Police sources said the 50-year-old signer, who died of an apparent drug overdose early Saturday, may have had as much as $40,000 on him as well as a briefcase containing an unknown number of British traveler’s checks. - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. 4. “Shortly after Ruffin’s return, he gave the cash to Butch Murrel, owner of Murrel Limousine Service, for safekeeping, Murrel said Sunday.” - Tuesday June 4, 1991 The Detroit News 5. “Linster ‘Butch’ Murrell, 39, in who limousine Ruffin was taken to the hospital, said he went to pick up Ruffin at the Newark airport when the singer returned from England in mid-May. Ruffin was carrying a money belt thick with cash – all hundred-dollar bills, he said.’ Murrell said he assured Kendrick’s and Edwards that ‘I see your money…you money is secure.’” - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Philadelphia Inquirer *** Did David have the cash on him? “Police investigators are not convinced that singer David Ruffin had a large amount of cash on him when he overdosed on crack cocaine early Saturday morning in a suspected drug house in West Philadelphia. There have been allegations that David Ruffin had a sizable amount of money on him.” - Wednesday, June 5 1991 The Philadelphia daily News. *** Did or didn’t Mr. Murrell and/or David Ruffin know Donald Brown prior to May 31, 1991? 1. “Police and Murrel said the driver was not a Murrel employee, but a man both Murrel and Ruffin knew, named Donald Brown”. – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press. 2. “Murrell doubts Ruffin knew Brown, ‘He must have just met him. They must have just got to talking,’ said Murrell.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today. *** Where was the limousine driver Donald Brown from 2:55 a.m. until 4 a.m.? It is less than 5 miles from the HUP to Murrell’s limousine service/home location. 1. “According to Philadelphia police detective, the limousine pulled up to HUP’s emergency room entrance at 2:55 a.m. yesterday and the driver identified his slumped passenger and said Ruffin had overdosed.” – Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Ruffin, 50 was taken by limousine to the emergency room of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia at 2:55 a.m. Saturday and died an hour later….Officials said hospital security guards lifted his unconscious body from the car. The driver told them Ruffin’s name then sped off.” – Monday June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press. 3. “After passing out, Ruffin was carried from the house by Brown and driven to the hospital at 2:55 a.m.” - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. 4. “He (Murrell) said Brown returned the limo at 4 a.m. Saturday, and said he took Ruffin to the hospital.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today. *** When on Friday did Butch Murrell last see David Ruffin? “Linster “Butch” Murrell, who owns the service, said that Ruffin was a friend who sometimes did advertisement for his company and, in return, could use the firm’s limousines - as he and Brown did Friday night.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Murrell said that Ruffin left office Friday afternoon and that he had no idea what happened after that.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle “(Lieutenant Thomas) Fournier said that ‘through interviewing different people,’ detectives have determined that Ruffin and a friend left Murrell Limousine Service between 10 and 11 p.m. Friday in a limo lent to them by the service’s owner.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle. “Friday afternoon, Ruffin dropped in to see Murrel at the limousine service Murrel operates out of his home. Later, Ruffin borrowed a stretch limousine.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press. “Ruffin was last seen about 10 p.m., when he borrowed a white stretch limousine from a close friend, Butch Murrell.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today. “Ruffin apparently went on a binge, and when he showed up at Murrell’s office on May 31st, ‘he didn’t look well,’ said Murrell. He was unshaven. He looked tired and worn out….At about 11:00 p.m., Ruffin and an associate, Donald Brown, left the office in Murrell’s limo.” – July 11-25 1991, Rolling Stone Magazine. *** What were the “other drugs in David Ruffin’s body? “ An hour later he was dead – the result of an adverse reaction to cocaine and other drugs, the medical examiner concluded yesterday.” – Tuesday June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. “According to police, Nowell gave a statement saying that when Ruffin arrived at this house with Brown about 2 a.m. he was already intoxicated. He said the two men had been drinking at the nearby Parkside Inn.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Nowell told police that when Ruffin arrived at the house, he was already f----- up. Nowell said that Ruffin arrived around 2 a.m. and by 2:25 had shared 10 vials of crack cocaine.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. Will someone please explain to me, how it is humanly possible to smoke 10 vials of crack cocaine in 25 minutes?  |
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Post by drex on Jul 19, 2006 15:23:25 GMT -5
The death of David Ruffin: inconsistencies and questions Was David Ruffin dead or alive when he arrived at the hospital? 1. “The emergency room staff carried Ruffin into the hospital and tried to resuscitate him but failed, Police said. He was pronounced dead an hour later, at 3:55 a.m.” - Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “For the amount of crack cocaine David Ruffin reportedly smoked early Saturday, the shock was not that he died, but that he made it to the hospital alive. - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Philadelphia Daily News. *** Did David Ruffin tell Diane Showers he was leaving her? 1. “Showers said she and Ruffin were considering marriage in January 1992.” - Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Diane Showers last saw the man of her dreams on May 26, his last Sunday on earth. He watched some TV. Took a shower. He was fine. Then, around 8 p.m. he abruptly got up, told Showers he loved her and “just left” without giving her his usual hugs before going out. She didn’t ask where he was going. She knew. - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Philadelphia Daily News. v. 1. “David stayed with me at the hotel from Monday until we left on Wed. He went somewhere and got clothes. I assumed Dianes house.” a female friend David was with 2 days before he died via instant message. 2. “During another conversation I learned that David had called his old girlfriend Debbie from London and told her that he would be back soon, and wanted to go out to the farm after he took care of some business in Philadelphia.” - Tony Turner’s book Deliver us From Temptation page 208 3. “…I was hopeful after I had seen David in Philly that maybe there was a chance for us to reconcile, and I wanted to believe the promises he made to me at that time. But I have no way of knowing that had he lived we would have been together. Debbie (another lady friend) told me at this funeral that David had told her the same thing. (that he was returning to her) I didn’t know her before the funeral. CC told me David has told her he was coming back to me. Who knows?” - the female friend *** When did Diane Showers last see David Ruffin? 1. “The last time Showers saw Ruffin was a week before he died.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Ruffin had lived in Philadelphia since 1989 with his girlfriend, Diane Showers, she said. She said she last saw him on Wednesday.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press 3. “Showers told police she last saw Ruffin at their West Philadelphia home on (Sunday) May 26th.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. *** Who reported the money was missing to police? Although the briefcase was retrieved by a Murrell employee and taken to Ms. Showers home on Saturday, and, although she was interviewed, there is no mention of these facts in Sunday’s June 2, 1991 Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. 1. “Showers, who had been living with Ruffin for several years in West Philadelphia, said she never saw the $40,000, but she knew that he was supposed to have it, and that he was supposed to have wired it to his partners last week.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Something is just not right here, said Ruth Bowen, the agent. I don’t know if David overdosed, or if someone overdosed him, but the money is gone. Bowen said Ruffin had been wearing a money belt with at least $40,000 in it. Bowen said she alerted Philadelphia detectives, who yesterday were trying to find the man who delivered Ruffin to the doors of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 3. “Former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was carrying $35,000 when collapsed in a crack house of an apparent drug overdose, authorities and friends said Sunday.” – Monday June 3, 1991 The Detroit News. 4. “The briefcase was later retrieved by an employee of the company that lent Ruffin the limousine, and the case was delivered to Showers. She reported the money missing to police.” - Wednesday, June 5, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer 5. “Ruffin, 50, lead singer of the popular 1960s group the Temptations was reported by his finance to have had as much as $40,000 in a money belt and an undetermined amount of British traveler’s checks when he went to the alleged crack house on 52nd Street near Columbia Avenue.” - Wednesday, June 5, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. *** Was it cash, U.S. or British traveler’s checks? And who is the source in the police reports? 1. “Ruffin, who was wearing a money belt at the time, had a briefcase with him containing business papers, $10,000 in cash and an undisclosed amount in traveler’s checks, according to the police report.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer 2. “(Lieutenant Thomas) Fournier also said a large sum of money in U.S traveler’s checks was missing from Ruffin….KYW-TV(CBS) in Philadelphia quoted a police source as saying that Ruffin had $30,000 with him when he went into a crack house; Fournier would not confirm the amount.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle 3. “Police sources said the 50-year-old signer, who died of an apparent drug overdose early Saturday, may have had as much as $40,000 on him as well as a briefcase containing an unknown number of British traveler’s checks. - Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. 4. “Shortly after Ruffin’s return, he gave the cash to Butch Murrel, owner of Murrel Limousine Service, for safekeeping, Murrel said Sunday.” - Tuesday June 4, 1991 The Detroit News 5. “Linster ‘Butch’ Murrell, 39, in who limousine Ruffin was taken to the hospital, said he went to pick up Ruffin at the Newark airport when the singer returned from England in mid-May. Ruffin was carrying a money belt thick with cash – all hundred-dollar bills, he said.’ Murrell said he assured Kendrick’s and Edwards that ‘I see your money…you money is secure.’” - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Philadelphia Inquirer *** Did David have the cash on him? “Police investigators are not convinced that singer David Ruffin had a large amount of cash on him when he overdosed on crack cocaine early Saturday morning in a suspected drug house in West Philadelphia. There have been allegations that David Ruffin had a sizable amount of money on him.” - Wednesday, June 5 1991 The Philadelphia daily News. *** Did or didn’t Mr. Murrell and/or David Ruffin know Donald Brown prior to May 31, 1991? 1. “Police and Murrel said the driver was not a Murrel employee, but a man both Murrel and Ruffin knew, named Donald Brown”. – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press. 2. “Murrell doubts Ruffin knew Brown, ‘He must have just met him. They must have just got to talking,’ said Murrell.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today. *** Where was the limousine driver Donald Brown from 2:55 a.m. until 4 a.m.? It is less than 5 miles from the HUP to Murrell’s limousine service/home location. 1. “According to Philadelphia police detective, the limousine pulled up to HUP’s emergency room entrance at 2:55 a.m. yesterday and the driver identified his slumped passenger and said Ruffin had overdosed.” – Sunday, June 2, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2. “Ruffin, 50 was taken by limousine to the emergency room of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia at 2:55 a.m. Saturday and died an hour later….Officials said hospital security guards lifted his unconscious body from the car. The driver told them Ruffin’s name then sped off.” – Monday June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press. 3. “After passing out, Ruffin was carried from the house by Brown and driven to the hospital at 2:55 a.m.” - Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. 4. “He (Murrell) said Brown returned the limo at 4 a.m. Saturday, and said he took Ruffin to the hospital.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today. *** When on Friday did Butch Murrell last see David Ruffin? “Linster “Butch” Murrell, who owns the service, said that Ruffin was a friend who sometimes did advertisement for his company and, in return, could use the firm’s limousines - as he and Brown did Friday night.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Murrell said that Ruffin left office Friday afternoon and that he had no idea what happened after that.” - Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle “(Lieutenant Thomas) Fournier said that ‘through interviewing different people,’ detectives have determined that Ruffin and a friend left Murrell Limousine Service between 10 and 11 p.m. Friday in a limo lent to them by the service’s owner.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 San Francisco Chronicle. “Friday afternoon, Ruffin dropped in to see Murrel at the limousine service Murrel operates out of his home. Later, Ruffin borrowed a stretch limousine.” – Monday, June 3, 1991 The Detroit Free Press. “Ruffin was last seen about 10 p.m., when he borrowed a white stretch limousine from a close friend, Butch Murrell.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 USA Today. “Ruffin apparently went on a binge, and when he showed up at Murrell’s office on May 31st, ‘he didn’t look well,’ said Murrell. He was unshaven. He looked tired and worn out….At about 11:00 p.m., Ruffin and an associate, Donald Brown, left the office in Murrell’s limo.” – July 11-25 1991, Rolling Stone Magazine. *** What were the “other drugs in David Ruffin’s body? “ An hour later he was dead – the result of an adverse reaction to cocaine and other drugs, the medical examiner concluded yesterday.” – Tuesday June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. “According to police, Nowell gave a statement saying that when Ruffin arrived at this house with Brown about 2 a.m. he was already intoxicated. He said the two men had been drinking at the nearby Parkside Inn.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Nowell told police that when Ruffin arrived at the house, he was already f----- up. Nowell said that Ruffin arrived around 2 a.m. and by 2:25 had shared 10 vials of crack cocaine.” – Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The Philadelphia Daily News. Will someone please explain to me, how it is humanly possible to smoke 10 vials of crack cocaine in 25 minutes? I spoke to an old friend of Mr. Ruffin's who lives in Philly and who knew and saw David smoke crack many times since their Motown days and he said David OCD about his pipe and smoking. He said david would smoke a very small amount (per time) wipe and clean out the pipe and then hit it again. David would do this over and over. My question is, if David was already intoxicated or "Fuc!@-ed" when arrived at the crack hosue as Nowell the owner of alleged crack house is quoted, how could someone so messed up smoke that amount or even half? |
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Post by drex on Jul 20, 2006 13:13:47 GMT -5
In the article below, the first article printed about David Ruffin's death, the first two people in Philadelphia who set the tone of the cause of death is Donald Brown when he dropped David off at the ER, and, Ms. Showers when she was interviewed Saturday afternoon after receiving David's briefcase, not the medical examiner "Authorities
were awaiting results from an autopsy yesterday."
On Sunday when the article below came out, the ME had not stated the cause of death, or the preliminary cause of death. It was Tuesday before the ME went on record. All the buzz about the drug overdose came from 1.Brown, when he dropped David off at the hospital. and 2. Ms. Showers, "She said Ruffin had used cocaine in the past." David's past use of drugs snowballed from there.
Why did folks automatically and publicly accept his cause of death before hearing the medical examiner's report. And, accept Brown and Nowell's version of how David ingested the drug(s). Even though David's death was ruled an "adverse reaction to cocaine and other drugs" it still doesn't prove David did it to himself. Why go on the record on Saturday (Sunday's paper) before Nowell or Brown were interviewed on Monday?
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)
> Deceased: EX-TEMPTATION DAVID RUFFIN DIES TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY DRIVER WHO
CITED DRUGS
> Date: June 2, 1991
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> David Ruffin, the former lead singer of the Temptations, died at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania early yesterday morning, an hour
after a limousine driver told emergency room doctors that his famous
passenger had taken a drug overdose. He was 50.
>
> Ruffin's distinctive baritone - at times gritty, at times soaring - led
the Temptations to a string of enduring hits in the 1960s, such as "My
Girl," ''Since I Lost My Baby" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."
>
> Ruffin's star would never again be so bright. After four years with the
Motown group, he left for a solo career in 1968. When busted for possession
of crack cocaine in 1988, Ruffin told a judge he was penniless and living in
a friend's mobile home outside Detroit.
>
> But he had just returned last month from a successful tour with former
Temptations Eddie Kendricks and Dennis Edwards that took them to the Sands
in Las Vegas, the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City and the United Kingdom, and his
career was again on the ascent.
>
> "He had a lot to look forward to because they started to really be in
demand," said Bob Redfield, his personal manager. "Wherever they went, they
were well-received. They were revered and he sang great."
>
> According to Philadelphia police detectives, the limousine pulled up to
HUP's emergency room entrance at 2:55 a.m. yesterday and the driver
identified his slumped passenger and said Ruffin had overdosed. Authorities
were awaiting results from an autopsy yesterday.
>
> The emergency room staff carried Ruffin into the hospital and tried to
resuscitate him but failed, police said. He was pronounced dead an hour
later, at 3:55 a.m.
>
> The driver left quickly, without giving any other information about
Ruffin, police said. Ruffin had several friends in the city, said Redfield,
of Star- Vest Management in East Brunswick, N.J.
>
> Ruffin's girlfriend, Dianne Showers, who said she had lived with the
singer in Philadelphia since July 1989, said she was greatly saddened but
not shocked by his death. She said Ruffin had used cocaine in the past.>
> "He walked in the line of fire," Showers said. "I asked his ex-wife and
daughters a lot of times to have him committed somewhere for approximately
two years. . . . He usually denied that he was doing anything. ."
>
> Showers said she and Ruffin were considering marriage in January 1992. "He
was very special in my heart, very special," she said. "I loved him so
much."
>
> Ruffin was wearing bright, multicolored Bermuda shorts, white sneakers and
a lime-green sport shirt, and carried no identification. When doctors
released his body to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office, it was
tagged, "John Doe."
>
> His fingerprints were taken at the coroner's office and sent to the FBI.
Later yesterday, the FBI identified the prints as belonging to Davis Eli
Ruffin - the singer's real name - born Jan. 18, 1941, in Meridian, Miss.
>
> Yesterday afternoon, a local police chaplain visited his stepmother,
Earline Ruffin, 92, in Meridian, where she raised David, and his two older
brothers and sister. One brother, Jimmy, was also a popular singer.
>
> "I certainly would be glad if they could send his body to Meridian so they
could sing one of his songs over his body," his stepmother said by telephone
yesterday. "I would just love for him to come back to Mount Salem Methodist
Church."
>
> It was in that church's choir that the preacher's young son first sang to
an audience. Earline Ruffin remembered when he won a wristwatch at a talent
competition there.
>
> "I was surprised at how he turned out in life," she said. "He wanted to
play all the time. He could sing like a mockingbird."
>
> Ruffin joined the Temptations in 1964, replacing Eldridge Bryant, and the
band's popularity quickly took off with "My Girl," their first record to top
both the pop and R & B/soul charts. It was followed by four hits in a row:
''It's Growing," "Since I Lost My Baby," "My Baby" and "Get Ready."
>
> The Temptations drew sellout crowds with their silky voices and slick
stage show. As the singers would whirl in perfect order, Ruffin - the
reed-thin acrobatic one in thick-rimmed black eyeglasses - would drop to one
knee and extend a hand toward the crowd.
>
> Ruffin seemed at home onstage, and onstage at home. He was often spotted
being ferried around the Motor City in a mink-lined, chauffeur-driven
limousine with his live-in girlfriend, the Philadelphia-reared singer Tammi
Terrell, according to Nelson George's book Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise
and Fall of the Motown Sound.
>
> By 1968, Ruffin grew weary of being one of five equals in the band, and
talked about leaving for a solo career. The other Temptations didn't try to
talk him out of it.
>
> He left that summer and had but two major hits in a decade on his own: "My
Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" and "Walk Away From Love."
>
> In 1982, he rejoined the band for a reunion tour, along with Kendricks.
The next year, the band and its two most notable former members, Kendricks
and Ruffin, took part in a television special, celebrating Motown's 25th
anniversary and contributed songs for a commemorative album. After he and
Kendricks recorded an album with Hall & Oates at New York's Apollo Theatre
in 1985, Ruffin was in the news again in 1988. He was arrested in Detroit on
crack cocaine possession charges.
>
> He was sentenced to two years' probation and 50 hours' community service
for using the drug. After violating his probation by testing positive for
opiates, he was ordered into a drug treatment center.
>
> When Ruffin emerged in October 1989, he announced, "I'm clean."
>
> Author: Daniel Rubin and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr., Inquirer Staff Writers The
Associated Press contributed to this article.
> Section: LOCAL
> Page: B01
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Post by drex on Jul 21, 2006 14:36:57 GMT -5
Keep in mind that not on Sunday nor Monday, as shown below, the ME’s office did not mentioned the cause of death. David’s drug use was first mentioned by Brown, then Showers, then Nowell. Then, other friends of Ruffin’s unknowingly helped back up the cause of death with their knowledge and quotes of David’s past usage.
Monday June 3, 1991 statements about David’s drug usage.
Medical Examiner:
Philadelphia Inquirer – nothing
Philadelphia Daily News – “The medical examiner’s officer said the results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of death would not be available for a couple of weeks.
Diane Showers:
Philadelphia Inquirer - “Diane Showers can’t say she was surprised when she got the call Saturday that her fiancé, former Temptations singer David Ruffin, was dead. He always told her he never expected to live a life, she said. He always sought out the roughest neighborhoods in cities he visited, she said, he had been addicted to drugs.
Philadelphia Daily News – “When David had a lot of money, he would be able to do things that wanted to do, Shower’s said. “And for instance, if he needed privacy he would go to a hotel; Things that he wanted to do that I would not approve of – drugs.”
Remember, Brown sped away from the hospital, returned the limo to Murrell an hour after leaving the hospital, we do not know if Brown did or did not tell Murrell he left behind the briefcase, Brown wasn't interviewed until Monday morning...why be so sure David died the way Brown said even before the ME ruling was released?
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Post by drex on Jul 24, 2006 19:16:34 GMT -5
The Detroit Free Press - 06/03/91
“When the guy brought the car back to me, he told me David got sick, and he took him to the hospital,” Murrel said. “I figured if he (Ruffin’s) needs me, he’d call me. I didn’t think he was dead.”
v.
The Philadelphia Inquirer - 06/03/91
"Murrell’s first inkling that something was wrong was when Brown returned the car Saturday morning and said Ruffin was in the hospital."
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Post by drex on Jul 24, 2006 19:21:51 GMT -5
Keep in mind that not on Sunday nor Monday, as shown below, the ME’s office did not mentioned the cause of death. David’s drug use was first mentioned by Brown, then Showers, then Nowell. Then, other friends of Ruffin’s unknowingly helped back up the cause of death with their knowledge and quotes of David’s past usage. Monday June 3, 1991 statements about David’s drug usage. Medical Examiner: Philadelphia Inquirer – nothing Philadelphia Daily News – “The medical examiner’s officer said the results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of death would not be available for a couple of weeks. Diane Showers: Philadelphia Inquirer - “Diane Showers can’t say she was surprised when she got the call Saturday that her fiancé, former Temptations singer David Ruffin, was dead. He always told her he never expected to live a life, she said. He always sought out the roughest neighborhoods in cities he visited, she said, he had been addicted to drugs.Philadelphia Daily News – “When David had a lot of money, he would be able to do things that wanted to do, Shower’s said. “And for instance, if he needed privacy he would go to a hotel; Things that he wanted to do that I would not approve of – drugs.” Remember, Brown sped away from the hospital, returned the limo to Murrell an hour after leaving the hospital, we do not know if Brown did or did not tell Murrell he left behind the briefcase, Brown wasn't interviewed until Monday morning...why be so sure David died the way Brown said even before the ME ruling was released? v. The Detroit News Sunday June 2, 1991 “I can’t handle any comment right now,” Kendrick said by telephone from Atlanta. ‘I talked to him yesterday and he was feeling alright.” The Detroit Free Press Monday, June 3, 1991 “Edwards, 48, said by telephone from his St. Louis Mo., home Sunday that he and Kendrick debated trusting Ruffin. ‘But David was doing so well,” Edwards said. “He said, trust me, so we trusted him. The last 30 days were the best days we spent with him. He was drug -free in Europe. He sang better than he ever sang in his life.” The Philadelphia Daily News Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The manager said, however, that there were “rumors” that Ruffin had lapsed back into drug use. “In all honesty, we don’t know,” he said. [ who started those rumors?] “He just recently returned from a month in the U.K. He was very positive and not involved with anything on the trip,” Redfield said. “Everyone around him said he was the best they had ever seen him. Redfield said Ruffin’s death “has been a total shock to us. At 6 p.m. [Friday] he was in touch and made arrangements for the balance of his tour.” The Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday, June 4, 1991 “Dennis Edwards and Eddie Kendrick, former Temptations, were on the road with Ruffin for a month in England. Edwards said Ruffin showed no signs of being involved with drugs. “He was singing better than he’d ever been singing during his life,” Edwards said from St. Louis. “He wasn’t on drugs. That’s why I’m so shocked by all this.’’ Still, according to Tunis Wilson, the bands road manager for the England tour, Ruffin’s last performances were “ awesome … smooth and silky.” “I said to him one night, ‘You throwing down out there.’ He said tome, ‘That’s where I’m most comfortable, up there on the stage. I don’t ever want to come down. I live up there.’” |
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Post by MsDa on Jul 25, 2006 22:53:21 GMT -5
I have been waiting for days now to see the replies to this person Drex. It seems that Drex has a list of valid questions. There appears to have been a problem with media and the people involved at the time, getting their stories to jive. Everyone here was discussing the pros and cons of Mr. Ruffin's passing, now no one is saying a word. I would be interested to know why there was such a rush to close this case. Does anyone have a clue?
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Post by Beej on Jul 26, 2006 3:34:51 GMT -5
Perhaps, because there's nothing to discuss.
David's run-ins with the law and ongoing battle with drug addiction are well documented. To see footage of him in the last few years of his life is just sad. His body was completely ravaged by drug abuse. His voice was anything but "never sounded better." There was nothing noteworthy presented in these posts to shed new light or raise a red flag on his tragic passing. I'm saying this as a devout Disciple of Ruffin.
Case in point:
"Keep in mind that not on Sunday nor Monday, as shown below, the ME’s office did not mentioned the cause of death. David’s drug use was first mentioned by Brown, then Showers, then Nowell. Then, other friends of Ruffin’s unknowingly helped back up the cause of death with their knowledge and quotes of David’s past usage."
Toxicology reports take time...especially in a city the size of Philadelphia. A medical examiner can't possibly issue his findings without first reviewing the results of those tests. David passed away in the early-morning hours of Saturday, June 1, 1991. It's irrational to expect complete toxicology results and an official cause of death a day or two later. Something like that would take weeks. There are always preliminary findings based on police interviews and medical observations, but those findings are subject to change. When the autopsy results finally came back and an official cause of death could be established, they merely confirmed what everyone around him in his final hours already knew.
Additionally, there's nothing abnormal about the people closest to David stating the obvious in the hours following his death; he was a longtime drug addict with a history of relapse and denial. The people who knew him best knew that he used. They also knew that he often lied about his use, but were willing to turn a blind eye because it was "Ruff."
He was a drug addict who abused his body for many years until he finally overdosed. I don't really see the point of searching for conspiracies 15 years later.
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Post by temptinginla on Jul 26, 2006 22:48:13 GMT -5
very well put reef Dont every one here have some near that condition or had that?
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Post by MsDa on Jul 26, 2006 23:18:42 GMT -5
Then BeeJ, why was it being discussed prior to the post by Drex? I can do nothing but say you are right on so many things you just said about Mr. Ruffin, but with all of the inconsistencies that have been pointed out, is there a possibility that he did not overdose on his own, and possibly had help. If so, then whether he was a drug addict or not, has no credence here. He was first and foremost a human being, and deserved the respect any deceased person should receive. Obviously with the inconsisentcies mention in the prior post, he did not get that respect. Just my HO! Perhaps, because there's nothing to discuss. David's run-ins with the law and ongoing battle with drug addiction are well documented. To see footage of him in the last few years of his life is just sad. His body was completely ravaged by drug abuse. His voice was anything but "never sounded better." There was nothing noteworthy presented in these posts to shed new light or raise a red flag on his tragic passing. I'm saying this as a devout Disciple of Ruffin.Case in point: "Keep in mind that not on Sunday nor Monday, as shown below, the ME’s office did not mentioned the cause of death. David’s drug use was first mentioned by Brown, then Showers, then Nowell. Then, other friends of Ruffin’s unknowingly helped back up the cause of death with their knowledge and quotes of David’s past usage."Toxicology reports take time...especially in a city the size of Philadelphia. A medical examiner can't possibly issue his findings without first reviewing the results of those tests. David passed away in the early-morning hours of Saturday, June 1, 1991. It's irrational to expect complete toxicology results and an official cause of death a day or two later. Something like that would take weeks. There are always preliminary findings based on police interviews and medical observations, but those findings are subject to change. When the autopsy results finally came back and an official cause of death could be established, they merely confirmed what everyone around him in his final hours already knew. Additionally, there's nothing abnormal about the people closest to David stating the obvious in the hours following his death; he was a longtime drug addict with a history of relapse and denial. The people who knew him best knew that he used. They also knew that he often lied about his use, but were willing to turn a blind eye because it was "Ruff." He was a drug addict who abused his body for many years until he finally overdosed. I don't really see the point of searching for conspiracies 15 years later. |
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Post by drex on Jul 27, 2006 11:16:35 GMT -5
Beej, I absolutely get what you are stating, "Additionally, there's nothing abnormal about the people closest to David stating the obvious in the hours following his death;" except Ms. Showers is quoted (published articles) she hadn't seen David Ruffin in a week, in one article and in another she is quoted she last saw him on Wednesday (2 days before his death.) So she wouldn't know the obvious before or after his death, would she?
According to published articles, David left her home Sunday evening May 26th 1991 to do drugs, as she is also quoted, because she didn't allow him to do drugs, so from his return from Europe mid-May did she actually see him do drugs? If not, then coupled both with the fact he left because she didn't allow him to do drugs at her home, and, she hadn't seen him in either 2-7 days prior to his death, why was drugs the first quote she is noted for and not that his briefcase was found at an alleged crack house or their money was stolen? I am trying to understand.
Also, I appreciate all boards allowing my post. I expect no public reply but will discuss anything I am ask. I do not want to participate in vile communications. My goal coming onto any board is to keep the discussion of David Ruffin's death on the table.
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Post by drex on Jul 27, 2006 12:11:26 GMT -5
Yes, I do believe Mr. Ruffin was murdered. Dual Motive - betrayal and money.
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Post by drex on Jul 27, 2006 19:22:56 GMT -5
Your raise a valid point about the newspaper articles, if each of these articles, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Detroit Free Fress, Detroit Daily News, USA Today, Jet Magazine, People and Rolling Stone Magazine as well as the others all misquoted everyone everytime during their interviews, then the entire case should be reviewed for accuracy sake alone. Yes?
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