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Montclair Mourns 'Flemtones' Drummer Orlando Staton Who Died Of Coronavirus, 61 Montclair Mourns 'Flemtones' Drummer Orlando Staton Who Died Of Coronavirus, 61
Montclair Mourns 'Flemtones' Drummer Orlando Staton Who Died Of Coronavirus, 61 "The Fabulous Flemtones" have owned the stage at  at Tierney's Tavern in Montclair every last Friday of the month for the last 34 years. This Friday was entirely different. Not only was the Valley Road pub completely empty over coronavirus fears, but The Flemtones were grieving their beloved drummer Orlando Staton, who died March 20 of coronavirus. A Bloomfield resident and Comcast cable technician, Staton was in the hospital for about a week before he died. The group's bassist Tim Engle remembered Staton as "the most gentle soul." "I had the rare privilege of knowing and playing with a…

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by Cecilia Levine