Yvonne Staples of Staples Singers Dies at 80: Reports

Singer Yvonne Staples poses for a portrait at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Calif. on March 4, 2011. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards

Singer Yvonne Staples of the Staples Singers group died at the age of 80, according to reports.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Stapes, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, died in Chicago.