Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s doo wop group The Platters, has died. Reed, who was 83, passed away in a hospice in the Boston area, reports AP. Reed (front left in the ...

None of the original Platters are active today. Formed in 1953 the original group members were Alex Hodge, Cornell Gunther, David Lynch, Joe Jefferson, Gaynel Hodge and Herb Reed. However, they began ...