- Commodores Co-Founder Dies at 75 The Daily Beast
- Commodores co-founder and former bassist Ronald LaPread dead at 75 Fox News
- The Commodores co-founder, Alabama native dead at 75: ‘I am devastated’ AL.com
- Founding member of The Commodores dies at 75 NZ Herald
- “I said, ‘I tell you what. I will give this song to the group – just put it on the album’”: Commodores bassist Ronald LaPread, who has died at the age of 75, said that one of his greatest basslines might never have been heard MusicRadar
