Followers are mourning the dying of Mary Wilson.
The singer, who was one of many founding members of The Supremes, died all of the sudden at her house in Las Vegas on Monday, Feb. 8, in keeping with her longtime publicist Jay Schwartz. She was 76 years previous. A reason for dying was not revealed.
A press launch famous companies will probably be held privately because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and {that a} celebration of Wilson’s life will happen later this yr. Within the launch, Schwartz spoke about Wilson’s legacy and the way she “modified the face of pop music to change into a trendsetter who broke down social, racial and gender obstacles.”
Wilson was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1944. When she was a younger youngster, she moved to Detroit, Michigan along with her household. It was there that she joined The Primettes in 1959 and signed with Motown Data as The Supremes in 1961.
The group, whose authentic members additionally included Florence Ballard and Diana Ross, had a number of no. 1 hits, resembling “The place Did Our Love Go,” “Cease! Within the Identify of Love,” “Come See About Me” and “You Cannot Hurry Love.”
