So Long, Sister

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“Aw hell naw! You remember that episode of the Jeffersons?!?”

Joni Sledge
Singer, songwriter, sistah.
1957 – March 10, 2017.
Aged 60 years.

Most recognized for: As part of the all-sibling disco group Sister Sledge, she unleashed the “We Are Family” scourge upon countless innocent wedding partygoers. If a DJ showed up at a reception hall in the 1980s without Sister Sledge or Kool & the Gang, they placed themselves at grave personal risk.