Al Rivers, Original Member Of Ink Spots Group

PORTLAND - Al Rivers, an original member of the Ink Spots singing group in the 1940s and '50s, has died of cancer at the age of 65.

Mr. Rivers, who was born March 25, 1927, in Birmingham, Ala., died Wednesday. A funeral service was held yesterday in Portland.

From 1949 to 1958, he sang with the Ink Spots, recording such songs as "If I Didn't Care, "To Each His Own," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore."

He served in the Army Special Services in the Korean War, then moved to Oregon.

In 1985, he started another Ink Spots group and sang throughout the Northwest.

He also was a member of the Softball Hall of Fame after playing with the Globetrotters touring softball team in the 1940s.