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Joni Sledge in August 2006.
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Joni Sledge
Died on March 10, 2017 at age 60
Ms. Sledge and her three sisters formed the disco-era family quartet Sister Sledge, best known for the hit song “We Are Family.“
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.