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| Born | August 9, 1943 |
| Hometown | Inkster, Michigan, United States |
| Spouse | Bobby Rogers (m 1963 - 1975) |
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Posthumous Kenny Rogers Album to Feature Unreleased Songs 3 Years After His Death
- Rogers died of natural causes at his home in March 2020 at the age of 81
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Marvelettes singer Wanda Young dead at 78
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Wanda Young, Lead Singer and Co-founder of The Marvelettes Passes Away
Wanda Young, a co-founder of the ’60s female group The Marvelettes, has passed away at age 78. According to Deadline, the singer passed away on […]
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Wanda Young, Motown’s The Marvelettes Singer, Dies at 78
Young was the lead vocalist on "Don't Mess With Bill" and other hits penned by Smokey Robinson
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R.I.P. Marvelettes singer Wanda Young
Wanda Young, one of the original members of Motown group the Marvelettes, died earlier this month from complications related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. That comes from Deadline, which says the news was confirmed by the singer’s daughter. Young was 78.
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Wanda Young, member of The Marvelettes, dies at 78
The Marvelettes singer Wanda Young, whose girl group helped lay the foundation for Motown Records’ monumental success during the 1960s, […] The post Wanda Young, member of The Marvelettes, dies at 78 appeared first on TheGrio.
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Wanda Young Dies: Singer For The Marvelettes On ‘Please Mr. Postman’ Was 78
Wanda Young, one of the original Marvelettes on Motown’s Tamla label in the 1960s and later the group’s lead singer, has died. She was 78 and passed on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to her daughter. Young joined the Marvelettes as they signed their first record […]
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Wanda Young, member of Motown's The Marvelettes, dies at 78
Wanda Young, a member of Motown's chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. Meta Ventress told The New York Times in a story published Saturday that her mother died Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan, of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Young and other members of the Marvelettes were teenagers when they recorded “Please Mr. Postman” for Berry Gordy Jr.'s Motown Records in 1961.
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Cary Meyers Named ESPN’s Senior Vice President, Fan and Media Intelligence
ESPN said it named Cary Meyers, an analytics and measurement research veteran of NBC Sports and the National Football League as its new senior vice president of fan and media intelligence at a time when the Disney-owned operation is working to gain new advertiser interest in content that is streamed digitally and in its reach […]
