“Mary Wilson, one of the co-founders of The Supremes, died Monday at the age of 76, her publicist announced.
“Wilson “passed away suddenly” at her Henderson, Nev., home, the singer’s longtime friend and publicist Jay Schwartz said in a statement. No cause of death was given.
“Wilson was a “trendsetter who broke down social, racial and gender barriers,” Schwartz said in his statement.
“Wilson was born Mar. 6, 1944, in Greenville, Miss.; not long after her birth, her parents headed to St. Louis and then Chicago for better opportunities, but separated soon after.
“As a three-year-old, Wilson was sent to Detroit to live with her aunt and uncle. As she told the Wall Street Journal last May, she believed that they were her biological parents for much of her childhood, until her mother arrived in Detroit when she was 10.”
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