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Roderick ‘Pooh’ Clark From ’90s R&B Group Hi-Five Dies At 49

The quintet is known for the song "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"

Roderick “Pooh” Clark from the ’90s R&B group Hi-Five has died at 49 years old.

According to TMZ, Clark had been fighting pneumonia for the past two weeks and was repeatedly hospitalized. On April 18, he died at a hospital in Waco, Texas due to complications from pneumonia and an infection.

Roderick has been paralyzed from the neck down since 1993 due to a car crash in Florida.

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Hi-Five was known for the  hit singles 1991's "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" and "I Can't Wait Another Minute." Tony Thompson, the lead vocalist for the quintet boy band, was killed in 2007 after reportedly accidentally inhaling a lethal amount of fumes of Freon.

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