O.V. Wright in the Wall Street Journal

In the Wall Street Journal, Jesse Drucker remembers the all-too-brief life of Overton Vertis Wright, who at one time was a member of the Sunset Travelers.

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The end came too early for Overton Vertis Wright. It was in the back of an ambulance en route to a Birmingham, Ala., hospital after he suffered his third heart attack on Nov. 16, 1980. He was 41 years old. His life had been marked by multiple marriages, a heroin addiction he couldn’t shake, and a stint in jail for drug possession. But he had also become one of the most moving soul singers in an era filled with stiff competition. He was O.V. Wright.

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