POP/ROCK - March 5, 1990

Cosby, Davis Start Gunter Funeral Fund: Bill Cosby and Sammy Davis Jr. are taking care of funeral expenses for Cornell Gunter, the singer from the ‘50s group the Coasters, who was found shot to death in his car in Las Vegas last week. Cosby, who is appearing at the Las Vegas Hilton, on Saturday told a Vegas oldies radio station, KRRI-FM, that he and Davis, who is hospitalized with throat cancer, were starting the funeral fund “as a gesture of friendship and respect for Cornell Gunter and in recognition of his talent and contributions in the field of music and entertainment.” Police still have no motive in the slaying and no one has been arrested. Despite his years with the hit-making group, Gunter died with little money to his name.