OBITUARIES / PASSINGS / Randy Cain

Randy Cain, 63, a founding member of the soul group the Delfonics, which had hits including “La La Means I Love You,” died Thursday at his home in Maple Shade, N.J. His death was confirmed by the Burlington County medical examiner’s office, but no details were released.

Cain was born Rudy Cain in Philadelphia on May 2, 1945. Brothers William and Wilbert Hart, along with Cain, formed the group while attending Philadelphia’s Overbrook High in the 1960s. The group, one of the earliest to define the smooth, soulful “Philadelphia sound,” won an R&B; Grammy in 1970 for the song “Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time.” Cain left the group in 1971 but returned for a later version of the group.

“I’m gonna miss him. We grew up together since 1968,” Wilbert Hart told the Philadelphia Daily News.