A Polish Jew.
One of the founders of The Fifth Dimension, a manufactured musical group it seems, also died recently:
Famed singer for classic pop-soul group dead at 90: ‘He will certainly be missed’
LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of the 5th Dimension, died from natural causes at his home in Las Vegas, a publicist said.www.yahoo.com
One of their bigger hits was a cover of this song by Neil, I'm on a music fast for Lent but here it goes:
Fifth Dimension is good too. Last night I couldn't get to sleep at all.