No doubt, David Ruffin was one of the finest voices in Soul music.
Sure, he was a flawed character, full of dark contradictions. His ego got the best of him and he was, eventually, shown the door.
The Tammi stories, if true, are horrific. Of course, the Man was a slave to the drugs that eventually killed him. But he was some Soul Singer.
Statue of A Fool, the song he always claimed that he wrote (though this was disputed) sums him up so well.
Stil llove him as a great (truly great) artist.
Sean