gutted by a fire in 2002 that destroyed many of the master tapes of their recordings. Goodman said the fire cost him $500,000 saying "I just stood there and watched 30 or 40 years of my life go by". A resident of Englewood, New Jersey, Goodman died at age 67 on July 26, 2010, of heart failure after undergoing surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey. He was survived by his second wife, the former Henrietta Young, as well as by two daughters Linda and Rhonda Goodman, three sons James, William, and Brandon Goodman a daughter-in-law Stephanie Goodman and a grandson Aidan Albert Goodman. His earlier marriage to Alice Lewis ended in divorce. References 1943 births 2010 deaths American rhythm and blues singers People from Englewood, New Jersey Musicians from Jackson, Mississippi Singers from New Jersey