Original Miracles member dies on 79th birthday

LAS VEGAS — Pete Moore, an original member of the Miracles, the hitmaking Motown group led by Smokey Robinson, and a co-writer of some of that group’s hits, died in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, his 79th birthday. His wife, Tina, said the cause was complications of diabetes.

Moore’s credits included three melancholy Top 20 hits that were released in 1965, during an especially dynamic period for Motown and the Miracles: ‘‘Ooo Baby Baby,’’ written with Robinson; ‘‘The Tracks of My Tears,’’ with Robinson and guitarist Marv Tarplin; and ‘‘My Girl Has Gone,’’ with Robinson, Tarplin and the group’s Ronnie White.

Moore was 12 years old when he met Robinson, and by high school they were in a group called the Five Chimes that won a contest on ‘‘Saturday Dance Party,’’ a Detroit television show hosted by Ed McKenzie, a local disc jockey.

In addition to his wife, Moore is survived by twin daughters, Monique and Monette Moore, and a sister, Winifred Moore.

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