His wife, Roberta, told the Telegraph of Macon that her husband died at his home in Dry Branch in central Georgia. She said her husband had suffered a stroke in 2001 and never fully recovered.
Ward, a Georgia native, moved to Ohio and founded the Ohio Untouchables, which later became the Ohio Players. - more on this story
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