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The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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Tommy Gaither of the Orioles died instantly in a car crash near Baltimore, severely injuring bandmates Johnny Reed and George Nelson. They were en route from a New York show to a Washington gig. The group had risen to fame two years prior.
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BALTIMORE, Md. Tommy Gaither, guitar player and vocalist with the famous singing group, the Orioles, was killed instantly and two other members of the group were injured severely last Sunday morning in the crash of their automobile on Route 40, three miles north of the Baltimore city limits.
Johnny Reed and George Nelson, Gaither's companions in the death car, sustained severe head and body injuries and were rushed from the scene of the accident to Baltimore City Hospital.
According to eyewitness reports, the car, driven by Gaither, swerved around a sharp curve and apparently got out of the driver's control, turning over four or five times and crashing into the wall of a roadside diner.
Gaither, it was reported, was killed instantly and Reed and Nelson were unconscious when removed from the wreckage.
Going to D. C.
The Orioles were en route from Hempstead, Texas, N.Y., where they had played a Saturday night engagement, to Washington where they were booked for a one-night stand at Turner's Arena Sunday night.
The other two members of the five-man group, Sonny Til and Alex Sharp, had made the trip in another car.
It was indeed ironic that such tragedy should strike the Orioles on the very outskirts of their native city of Baltimore.
Fame in Two Years
It was here just a little over two years ago that the group swept to nationwide acclaim via their Jubilee recording of "It's Too Soon To Know" and subsequently became one of America's most popular singing group on records.
Just two weeks ago the boys were accorded a triumphant homecoming celebration when they played an engagement on stage of the Royal Theater.
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Tommy Gaither, guitarist and vocalist of the Orioles, was killed instantly in a car crash on Route 40 near Baltimore while driving to a performance in Washington, D.C., after a show in Hempstead, N.Y. Bandmates Johnny Reed and George Nelson suffered severe injuries. The group had achieved fame two years earlier with 'It's Too Soon To Know' and recently had a homecoming in Baltimore.