Musician Junior Walker Dies Of Cancer

Junior Walker, one of popular music’s premiere saxophonists and leader of the Motown group Junior Walker and the All Stars, died Thursday of cancer. He was 53.

Walker was born Autry DeWalt Jr. in Blytheville, Ark.

He started out playing in local groups in Indiana in the mid-1950s before moving to Battle Creek and forming the All Stars. The group went on to record some of Motown’s most enduring hits, including “Shotgun,” “What Does It Take To Win Your Love,” “How Sweet It Is” and “These Eyes.”