LaMonte McLemore Member of The 5th Dimension Dies At 90 – Entertainment News

By Karen Beishuizen

LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of The 5th Dimension, died on Tuesday 3 February. He was 90.

The 5th Dimension was a group with Florence LaRue, Ron Townson, married couple Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo and Lamont McLemore.

They had hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.” In the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The group won the Grammy for record of the year twice — for “Up, Up and Away” in 1968 and for...