{"id":140,"date":"2011-08-23T03:43:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T03:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/rockandrollroadtrip\/?p=140"},"modified":"2011-08-23T03:43:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T03:43:25","slug":"nick-ashford-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/rockandrollroadtrip\/2011\/08\/nick-ashford-r-i-p.html","title":{"rendered":"Nick Ashford, R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How crushingly sad to hear the news that Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson passed away from cancer at age 69. I was lucky enough to have seen them in their prime back in the early 80s and their shows were always an electric, joyous, love-filled explosion &#8211; the soulful sparks between them were inspirational.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nWSuRXQAil8\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nWSuRXQAil8<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How crushingly sad to hear the news that Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson passed away from cancer at age 69. 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