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When the elements came together for Earth, Wind & Fire to release their self-titled debut in February 1971, there was indeed a new force of nature in the music world. Fifty years later, the visionary band founded by Maurice White who died from Parkinson s disease in 2016 has its own shining star in the galaxy of all-time R&B greats. When you start, you don t know if you re gonna get to 50 you don t know if you re gonna get to five, says Maurice s brother, bassist Verdine White, 69, who has been in the group for all 50 years.