Roderick 'Pooh' Clark dead at 49: High-Five band member passes away from ...

Roderick 'Pooh' Clark dead at 49: High-Five band member passes away from ...
Roderick 'Pooh' Clark dead at 49: High-Five band member passes away from ...
Singer Roderick 'Pooh' Clark dead at 49: High-Five band member passes away from pneumonia after being paralyzed for 30 years due to car crash Original High-Five member Roderick 'Pooh' Clark has died in Waco, Texas The musical artist was only 49-years-old when he passed on Sunday  The star died from complications from an infection as well as pneumonia  One of his Hi-Five members Marcus Sanders told TMZ that Clark had been in and out of the hospital for weeks  The artist had been paralyzed from the neck down for the past 30 years  The crooner was best known for the 1991 song I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) 

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Original High-Five member Roderick 'Pooh' Clark - who had the hit 1991 song I Like The Way - died in Waco, Texas on Sunday.

The artist was only 49-years-old when he passed from complications from a longtime infection as well as pneumonia, which he had been battling for the past two weeks, according to a Tuesday report from TMZ.

One of his Hi-Five members Marcus Sanders told the site that Clark had been in and out of the hospital for weeks. 

The star had already been struggling for decades as he had been paralyzed from the neck down for the past 30 years after being involved in a bad car accident in 1992.    

Sad loss: Original High-Five member Roderick 'Pooh' Clark - who had the hit 1991 song I Like The Way - died in Waco, Texas on Sunday

Sad loss: Original High-Five member Roderick 'Pooh' Clark - who had the hit 1991 song I Like The Way - died in Waco, Texas on Sunday

His famous band: The quintet was comprised of musicians Roderick, Marcus Sanders, Tony Thompson, Russell Neal and Toriano Easley

His famous band: The quintet was comprised of musicians Roderick, Marcus Sanders, Tony Thompson, Russell Neal and Toriano Easley

The crooner was best known for the 1991 song I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) that he recorded with his R&B quintet. 

Their other hit tunes were I Just Can't Handle It and I Can't Wait Another Minute from the eponymous debut album.

The star had been in a

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