{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85","publication_date":"May 12, 2021","summary":"Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father's and sisters' in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. He was 85.","author_name":"By Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/05\/cbc5fd39e80f093355103b6193261802-GettyImages-77135815-1024x679.jpg","thumbnail_height":679,"thumbnail_width":1024}