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== Later career == On June 1, 2007, Tony Thompson's body was discovered by security officers at around 10 p.m. near an air-conditioning unit outside of an apartment complex in his native Waco, Texas. An autopsy later determined that he had died from "toxic effects of [[chlorodifluoromethane]]", or inhaling a toxic amount of [[freon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasblack.com/entertainment/autopsyresultstonythompson|title=Autopsy Results Are In For Hi-Five Star Tony Thompson|date=July 2, 2007|website=Dallasblack.com|access-date=July 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707072705/http://www.dallasblack.com/entertainment/autopsyresultstonythompson|archivedate=July 7, 2014}}</ref> He is buried at Doris Miller Memorial Park in Waco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/family-and-friends-remember-waco-singer-tony-thompson-at-headstone/article_f2c8ea0c-2a8a-50fd-b338-56aa6a90c743.html?TNNoMobile|title=Family and friends remember Waco singer Tony Thompson at headstone ceremony|last=Hoover|first=Carl|date=June 5, 2010|website=Wacotrib.com|access-date=July 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2011, Treston Irby released his debut solo single "Everything" under the mantle Tru$ on his independent label, Bronx Most Wanted Ent. In 2012, Irby, Shannon Gill and Marcus Sanders reformed Hi-Five with two new members, Andre Ramseur (aka Dre Wonda) and Faruq Evans. They released a single called "Favorite Girl" also on the BMW label. Ramseur later left the group and was replaced by Billy Covington. On July 2, 2014, former Hi-Five member Russell Neal was charged with murder, over the fatal stabbing of his wife in Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-r-b-singer-charged-with-murdering-wife-in-houston|title=Former R&B singer charged with murdering wife in Houston|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=2014-07-07}}</ref> Hi-Five was featured on the [[TV One (U.S. TV network)|TVOne]] music documentary series ''[[Unsung (TV series)|Unsung]]'' on August 6, 2014, chronicling the quintet's upbringing in Waco, their rise to superstardom, tragedies among group members, and their comeback.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/entertainment/accesswaco/tv_and_radio/hi-five-documentary-to-air-revisiting-chart-topping-waco-hip/article_ae346912-4951-50be-8c0f-e504ed7d9af6.html|title=Hi-Five documentary to air, revisiting chart-topping Waco hip-hop group | Tv And Radio|website=Wacotrib.com|date=2014-08-01|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> Former member Roderick βPoohβ Clark died on April 17, 2022, at the age of 49.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icecreamconvos.com/roderick-pooh-clark-original-hi-five-member-passes-away-at-49/|title=Roderick 'Pooh' Clark: Original Hi-Five Member Passes Away At 49|website=Icecreamconvos.com|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref>
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