Gospel Music News-Michael Cook, Religious Forum
Michael Cook, of the Grammy Award-winning Gospel music group, the Mighty Clouds of Joy, died Friday, July 18th at the age of 47. The Baltimore Sun has a great article about Michael’s early roots in Gospel music and his career with the Mighty Clouds of Joy.
John McCain and Barack Obama will both appear at Rev. Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif for The Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion forum on religious faith. This will be the first joint appearance for the two as the nominees for their parties. ~Religious Forum
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Longtime Member of Legendary Gospel Group the Mighty Clouds of Joy Passes
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — Michael Cook, a member of the
legendary Gospel group the Mighty Clouds of Joy for more than 20 years died
Friday morning July 18th as a result of a massive coronary. He was 46. He
is survived by his wife Valerie and 3 children, ages 8, 11 and 16.
The Mighty Clouds of Joy are three time Grammy award winners & Gospel
Music Hall of Fame members. Formed in 1960 in Los Angeles the Mighty Clouds
retain two original members, Joe Ligon & Richard Wallace. Michael had been
a member for over two decades.
Long time member Joe Ligon commented today, “Michael Cook was a
dedicated member of The Mighty Clouds of Joy for 24 years before his
untimely passing on July 18th. When Mike joined the group, he fit our vocal
style like a glove. Over the years, however, he took that style to a new
level. He was my vocal backbone in the group. He was a people person. He
loved everyone. He will be deeply missed by all of us.”
Funeral arrangements:
Thursday, July 24th - 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Michael Cook Tribute
Living Waters Worship Center
8262 Lokus Road
Odenton, MD 21113
(410) 672-4260
Friday, July 25th - 9:00 AM 11:00 AM viewing, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM service
Reid Temple AME Church
11400 Glenn Dale Boulevard
Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(301) 352-1758
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Michael Cook Trust
Fund at any Bank of America Branch. This will go to the welfare of his
children.
Please send all cards to Valerie Cook, PO Box 273, Jessup, MD 20794
http://www.MightyCloudsOfJoy.com
About EMI Gospel
Brentwood, Tennessee-based EMI Gospel is a division of EMI Christian
Music Group, the world’s largest Christian music organization that also
includes EMI CMG Label Group, EMI CMG Distribution and EMI CMG Publishing.
It is part of EMI Group, the world’s largest independent music company
who’s other U.S. labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol,
Capitol Nashville, EMI Latin, Narada and Virgin Records
SOURCE EMI Gospel
