‘Everybody Plays the Fool’ songwriter Ken Williams dead at 83
Associated Press reported.Williams reportedly passed away June 17 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, following a long battle with a non-COVID-related illness.Born on Jan. 13, 1939, in Fernandina Beach, Florida, he was a long-time New York City resident and is perhaps best known for the R&B classic “Everybody Plays the Fool,” which he collaborated on with Rudy Clark and J.R.