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Otis Williams - The Temptations

Otis Williams is the only surviving original member of The Temptations, one of the most successful groups in Motown history. How has he avoided the vice and the pitfalls of fame?

Otis Williams is the sole constant in the life of one of the most successful groups in Motown history.

He formed The Temptations in 1961, and the record sales tell a story of extraordinary success.

If rock and roll was about sex and drugs, Motown was all that and more.

So how has he sidestepped the cocaine addiction, the drink and the depression that killed other members of his group?

Did he ever feel he got his just rewards for so much success?

And when will he finally decide he has had enough?

(Image: Otis Williams. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

23 minutes

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  • Mon 19 Mar 201209:05GMT
  • Mon 19 Mar 201212:05GMT
  • Mon 19 Mar 201216:05GMT
  • Mon 19 Mar 201220:05GMT
  • Tue 20 Mar 201202:05GMT

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