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Local musician Larry Brooks (better known as B.B. Brooks), has passed away at the age of 72.  B.B. was born on November 15, 1946 and  died on May 19, 2019.

B.B. was born in Vallejo but at a very young age his family moved to Berkeley.  He attended Columbus Elementary, Burbank Jr. High and Berkeley High School.  He also attended Merritt Jr. College in Oakland.

Growing up in a musically inclined family, at the age of 12, B.B. gravitated to the saxophone and learned to play this instrument quite well.  Around the age of 16, he formed a group called “The Whispering Shadows.”

After about five years the group disbanded and he formed a group called “The Midnight News”.  (His sister Paula sang lead vocals for both groups). Besides playing at local clubs throughout the Bay Area, he opened for, backed up and traveled with such artists as  Joe Tex, Bobby Womack, Bobby Bland and B.B. King, just to name a few.

B.B. leaves to cherish his memory his sister, Paula Burns-Augusta: sons; Dannell Brooks and Lionel Brooks: daughters; Nicole Brooks, Simone Brooks, and Sonja Brooks: grandchildren; Chanel Brooks, Isis Snowden, Stephan Brooks, Jr., Stephanie Brooks II, Kaydence Brooks, Millianna Brooks and Zyon Carter: great-grandson Ly’Nell Moore and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Funeral Services will be held at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave., Oakland on:

Tuesday, May 28 – Quiet Hour from  6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and

Wed., May 29 – Funeral from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.        

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