Calvin Simon, a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, has passed away at age 79. Funk icons Bootsy Collins and George Clinton confirmed Simon’s death in separate social media posts.
“Rest in peace to my P-Funk brother Mr. Calvin Simon,” George Clinton’s Facebook post read. “Longtime Parliament-Funkadelic vocalist. Fly on Calvin!”
“We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic,” Bootsy Collins wrote on Instagram. “A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic. He’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen members of P-Funk! R.I.P Bootsy baby!!!”
After serving in the Vietnam War, Simon co-created the group but later would leave due to financial reasons.
Simons was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
