Marvin Isley, bass player with the legendary Isley Brothers band, died on Sunday, June 6, in Chicago from complications caused by diabetes. The illness had forced the musician into retirement in the mid ’90s and had to have both legs amputated.
He joined his brothers' band in 1973. By that time, the Isley Brothers had established themselves with hits like 1959's "Shout," which sold more than 1 million records. Isley splintered off to form Isley-Jasper-Isley in the 1980s and returned to the Isley Brothers in the 1990s. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and their career has spanned six decades.
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