Motown’s Marvelettes Singer Wanda Young Dead At 78

The Association Of Motion Picture Sound, the UK body representing more than 550 professionals in the fields of film, TV and game sound, has responded to AMPAS’s decision to remove the Best Sound Oscar from its live broadcast.

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Kim Kardashian has filed new legal documents with the courts to further along her divorce from Kanye West, and this time, she’s mentioning the barrage of social media posts he’s created about them.

Sherri Shepherd praised Wendy Williams for her “fearlessness” as a daytime talk host. “She’s up there with the greats,” Shepherd told Bravo’s Andy Cohen last night.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid and human rights activist in South Africa, has sadly passed away at 90.

statement from the Desmond & Leah Legacy Foundation confirmed the news. “Tutu was a living embodiment of faith in action, speaking boldly against racism, injustice, corruption, and oppression, not just in apartheid South Africa but wherever in the world he saw wrongdoing, especially when it impacted the most vulnerable and voiceless in society,” the statement read.

Wanda Young, best known as a member of Motown's popular and chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died at age 78.  Meta Ventress, Young's daughter, told the New York Times that her mother died on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Mich.  She told the outlet that the cause of death had to do with complications due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  The artist and her fellow Marvelettes were teenagers when they recorded their enduring hit "Please Mr.

told The New York Times Saturday.Young replaced another singer in the Michigan group when Motown head Berry Gordy signed the band in 1961. A month later, The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr.

The Marvelettes singer Wanda Young has died at the age of 78.Her daughter Meta Ventress told The New York Times Saturday that Young passed away due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on December 15 in Garden City, Michigan.Young inked with the group prior to their initial record deal with Motown, and served as the group's lead singer for a time until leaving in 1969. She also went on to have a solo career.

David Muir left fans feeling emotional following his latest social media post, as he paid a heartfelt tribute following a heartbreaking loss.MORE: David Muir's heartwarming photo from home has fans gushingUpon learning of the tragic passing of writer and journalist Joan Didion, the Good Morning America star took to his Instagram stories to pay his respects.He uploaded a picture of the cover of her 2005 book The Year of Magical Thinking, and below it simply wrote: "RIP Joan Didion."WATCH: GMA's Michael Strahan rockets into spaceSoon after, he shared another post in remembrance, this time linking to a story and tribute to the writer by The New Yorker on their social feed.While the loss is surely an emotional one for writers and journalists

Barack Obama called June "one of our sharpest and most respected observers of American politics and culture” when he presented her with the National Humanities Medal in 2012.Recently, Joan was the subject of a Netflix documentary titled The Center Will Not Hold, which was directed by her nephew Griffin Dunne.Many have taken to social media to pay their respects to the late author.Twitter user GNCordova wrote: "Damn. Rest in peace Joan Didion.

reports. She was 87 years old.Didion began her career in the '60s, when she won a magazine essay contest.

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We’re remembering the beloved stars who have sadly passed away in 2021 From iconic actors to massive music stars to major media personalities, there have been some truly shocking deaths in the first few months of the year already.

Joan Didion has sadly died.

A post shared by Claudette Robinson (@firstladyofmotown)No cause of death has been made public at the time of writing.In a statement posted on Twitter, the Classic Motown label wrote: “We are so saddened by the news of Wanda Young of the Marvelettes passing. What an impact she has had on the world of Classic Motown and the lives of so many.

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