The "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" singer died at age 78. Jimmy Ruffin is seen in a 1960s Motown Records photo. Motown Records Archives — -- Jimmy Ruffin wanted to go it alone. The singer – ...

Legendary Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin has died at the age of 78. Ruffin, whose hits included “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” and “Hold on to My Love,” died Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. Suggested ...

*Before this Black History Month is over, I’d like to remind those of the civil rights era, and perhaps introduce to newer generations the importance of the voice of Motown’s David Ruffin. I will ...

Motown soul singer Jimmy Ruffin has died, CNN reports. He was 78. He had been hospitalized since September, the Detroit Free Press reports. A cause of death has not been released. Ruffin's career in ...

NEW YORK -- Jimmy Ruffin, the Motown singer whose hits include "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold on to My Love," died Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 78. Philicia Ruffin and Jimmy ...