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Rudolph Isley, original Isley Brothers member, dies at 84

Rudolph Isley (right) poses with brothers O’Kelly Isley Jr. and Ronnie Isley in the mid-1960s. (Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It’s Your Thing,” has died at age 84.

He died at his home in south suburban Olympia Fields, Variety reported.

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