Pop Winans

Pop Winans, Sr., the patriarch of the Grammy Award-winning gospel group The Winans, died Wednesday at a hospice center in Nashville, Tenn. He was 76. His offspring included four sons who became the biggest male gospel quartet of the 1980s; children Bebe and Cece Winans, who were successful as a duo and as solo artists, and a third generation of grandchildren who also have been successful, most notably the Winans Phase II.

"Pop" Winans was born David Glenn on April 20, 1934 in Detroit. He was raised in the Mack Avenue Church of God in Christ, where his grandfather Isaiah Winans was the pastor. His affection for quartet singing remained with him and is evident in the success of his sons, including the Rev. Marvin Winans, pastor of Detroit’s Perfecting Church.

Winans family patriarch David “Pop” Winans passed away April 8th in Nashville. A heart attack and stroke last October forced the gospel star in a hospice, the AP reports. Winans was 76. In 1999, Winans was nominated for a Grammy for his solo CD "Uncensored." He and his wife Delores, known as Mom Winans, were nominated for their CD "Mom & Pop Winans" in 1989. She was at his bedside when he died, the statement said.