Obituary

Gospel Singer Lee Williams of the Spiritual QC's Dies at 75

Williams founded the group in the late 1960s in Tupelo, Mississippi. He worked as a truck driver before committing himself to music full time.

Lee Williams

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Tupelo, Miss. (AP) --

Gospel music artist Lee Williams, the leader and founder of the award-winning Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s, has died. He was 75.