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American recording artist, songwriter and composer (1940–2017)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1940-02-16
Active to
2017-02-23

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Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 - February 23, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter and composer. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware is best known for producing hits for other artists including I Want You, for his friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye in 1976. He is also is notable for writing the Top 5 R&B single, "I Wanna Be Where You Are", for a young Michael Jackson in 1972, collaborating with Quincy Jones on the Body Heat album <a href="h

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  1. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 28,860x

  2. A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

    · 1957 · cited 16,824x

  3. A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey

    · 1996 · cited 14,531x

  4. A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

    · 1954 · cited 14,177x

  5. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

    · 2022 · cited 13,153x

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www.leonware.com
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date of birth
1940-02-16
date of death
2017-02-23
start of work period
1967-00-00
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