![Cuba Gooding (in the middle) with the Main Ingedient](assets/images/pages/2013/rockstardeaths2/MainIngedient.jpg)
![Cuba Gooding and Cuba Gooding Jr](assets/components/directresize/cache/dr_CubaGoodings_thumb_w280_h202.jpg)
Band: The Main Ingredient
Position: lead singer
Died: Apr. 20, 2017
Cause of death: undisclosed
Age: 72
Distinctions: The New York based R&B group had hits with "Everybody Plays the Fool" (No. 3, 1972) and "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (No. 10, 1974). Gooding's son is actor Cuba Gooding Jr.