Early Roots Bassist Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard Dies at 62

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dog for the most absurd and heartbreaking reason - they thought he was gay.The poor pet pooch was dumped at an animal shelter in North Carolina, in the US after his owners caught him humping another male dog.Although humping is a common behaviour in dogs, it is often not a sexual action. It can simply be a display of dominance or a result of overexcitement, but the owners believed it meant the dog was gay.Stanly County Animal Shelter posted five-year-old Fezco’s story on their Facebook account seeking volunteers who can house Fezco until he's adopted him for good.The dog, whose breed is unknown, is described as a "good boy" who is friendly with other people and animals.

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Twitter in view of their 279,100 followers.It read: "It's with the heaviest of hearts that we say goodbye to our brother Leonard Nelson Hubbard."May your transition bring peace to your family, to your friends, to your fans and to all of those who loved you."Rest in Melody Hub."Many fans took to the comments to share their condolences for the late star.RSoon said: "Heaven's rhythm just landed a lil deeper in the pocket. (sic)"Man.

The Roots between 1992 and 2007, has died at the age of 62.As the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, the news was confirmed by Hubbard’s wife Stephanie, who said the musician’s cause of death was multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer that Hubbard was diagnosed with in 2007.She added that up until last month he had been in remission, and had continued to work on music in recent years. Hubbard was hospitalised on Wednesday night (December 15).The Roots paid tribute to their former bandmate on social media earlier today (December 17), writing: “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we say goodbye to our brother Leonard Nelson Hubbard.

Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, a founding member of The Roots who played bass on the iconic hip-hop group’s first seven albums has died, according to his wife Stephanie. He was 62.