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Soul singer Ruby Andrews has died at 79

SoulTracks says her widest international success came more than fifty years ago.

Ruby Andrews

Ruby Andrews, a soul singer whose hometown was Chicago, has died at the age of 79, SoulTracks reported on the night of August 13. She was born Ruby Stackhouse in Hollandale.

SoulTracks said her widest international success came more than fifty years ago, placing her among the Chicago soul singers who built the city's reputation as a center for the genre in the 1960s and 1970s.

No cause of death or further biographical detail was reported in the source available here.

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  • Ruby Andrews has died at the age of 79
  • She was born Ruby Stackhouse in Hollandale
  • Chicago was her hometown
  • SoulTracks reported the death on August 13, 2026
  • Her widest international success came more than fifty years ago

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