Drummer Fred White, who backed up his brothers Maurice and Verdine White in 'Earth, Wind & Fire,' has died aged 67.
Drummer Fred White, who backed up his brothers Maurice and Verdine White in the Grammy-winning ensemble Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 67.that his younger brother Frederick Eugene “Freddie” White had died. He didn’t say how or where his brother died., who created a band that could combine elements of jazz, funk, R&B, soul, dance, pop and rock, and celebrated African musicianship and spiritualism.
Verdine White said his brother Fred was a gifted child musician, “with gold records at the young age of 16 years old!” Fred White remained with the band until 1983.
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