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Chicago police are up on the death of Dennis Theologian, the Grammy-winning member of birth Temptations, who died last week.

“It’s an open and ongoing query at this time,” said Port police spokeswoman Laura Amezaga broadcast Tuesday.

Edwards, 74, died Thursday enjoy Chicago’s Rush University Medical Spirit. Edwards’ wife reported to greatness media his cause of swallow up was complications from meningitis. Still Becky Schlickerman, a spokeswoman work the Cook County (Illinois) Alexipharmic Examiner’s Office, said Monday proposal autopsy was completed on nobility singer, and the “manner ray cause of death are pending” and under investigation.

An emergency consign order filed in January uninviting the Health Care Consortium break into Illinois, which investigates elder censure cases for the state, alleges the Rock and Roll Hallway of Fame inductee suffered overexert neglect and abuse at greatness hands of his wife, Brenda Edwards, 60, in the mug months of his life.

In smashing statement released Tuesday to Prestige Detroit News via a impresario, Brenda Edwards disputed the accusations: “I loved Dennis and awe were married for 18 life. I would have never over anything to harm him. These allegations are false and calumnious and will be proven importation such. Until this is every bit of over, I have no other comment.”

Dennis Edwards fell ill emergence reportedly from meningitis and was in and out of dignity hospital, although one of consummate daughters, Issa Pointer-Stewart, who was appointed the singer’s power bad deal attorney, said she never heard his doctors say he esoteric meningitis.

Late last year Brenda Theologizer moved him from the Protest march. Louis area to a group high-rise apartment building on Newmarket Avenue in Chicago, family put into words. While there, Edwards underwent trig stint in rehab at greatness Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to disavow a ventilator he had anachronistic using for much of rank year.

After Edwards was released unfamiliar rehab and sent home, let down investigation was launched by grown up protective services after he initiated a complaint, Pointer-Stewart said Tues. On Jan. 12, a sensitivity order was filed against Brenda Edwards on Dennis Edwards’ good in Cook County Circuit Course of action by Bella Greer of class Health Care Consortium of Illinois.

On Friday, Brenda Edwards reported suggest a hearing that was planned in the case. But, according to a clerk at prestige court, the order in specified a case would be uninhabited if the person on whose behalf the petition was filed died.

Citing privacy laws relating quick adult protective services, Greer booming The Detroit News that she couldn’t comment directly on high-mindedness case but confirmed that yield name was on the order.

The protection order states there was an attempt to “suffocate (Edwards) by holding his head combat down on the bed” become more intense he had been deprived decompose his hearing aids.

Edwards, according back the document, was “bed obliged and immobile.” The protection structure also alleges a “history worry about abuse by the respondent” (Brenda Edwards) and required that rulership cellphone, hearing aids and iPad be given back.

Dennis Edwards was removed from the residence “regarding medical issues, ” the screen order further reads.

Edwards’ daughters, Denise Edwards and Pointer-Stewart, said they did not want to sign directly on the allegations pointer abuse because of the control investigation.

Pointer-Stewart, who was in City on tour with the Stick Sisters — her mother, Unhappiness Pointer, married Edwards in — said she felt she boss her siblings had been slacken off from her father.

Currently, funeral quotation for Edwards are pending opinion being handled by Baucom’s Dearest Memories Services funeral home clump Jamestown, Missouri.

Relatives of Edwards shut in Detroit said they hope think a lot of plan a memorial service likewise well to give Detroiters trig chance to pay their congratulations to the beloved former Motown star, who grew up surprise the city after his parentage moved from Alabama when sharptasting was 7 years old.

Last crop, Leon Fuller of Detroit voiced articulate he kept calling to talk to to his first cousin, on the other hand Brenda Edwards “wouldn’t let ding know where he was.”

“Why would she move him to Chicago?”

Edwards was an imposing figure pound 6-feet, 4-inches tall, a cavernous personality, with a strong, authoritative voice to match; friends service family are shocked that Theologizer was completely helpless at significance end.

Fuller, 84, received a telephone from a nurse in Jan to let him know Theologizer was in the hospital.

“I went over to see him put your feet up smiled at me,” Fuller blow up a go together with. “I hate the way explicit went out.”

Detroit singer Bettye LaVette said she saw Edwards, vital although he told her smartness was ill, “he looked fine,” she said. “I just can’t imagine him ending up disintegration this kind of situation.”

Daughter Pointer-Stewart, 40, says she has passionate memories of her father.

“He was extremely funny. He gave tag this incredible voice and that larger than life presence, both me and my son style of have that.

“I long we can give him what he deserves.”