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Are any of the Ronettes still alive?

On Feb, Estelle died of colon cancer at the age of 67 in Englewood, New Jersey. Ronnie died on Ja, following a brief battle with cancer at the age of 78, leaving Nedra Talley the last surviving original member of the trio.

Were the Ronettes black or white?

The Ronettes were multiracial, which was a very unusual sight during the '60s. The Bennetts' mother was black and Native American and their father was white.

Keeping this in consideration, who just died 2022?

Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and singer Ronnie Spector also died in 2022.

Louie Anderson, 68. Louie Anderson in 1994.
Peter Bogdanovich, 82. Peter Bogdanovich.
Traci Braxton, 50. Traci Braxton.
James Caan, 82. James Caan.
Pat Carroll, 95.
Julee Cruise, 65.
Tony Dow, 77.
Gilbert Gottfried, 67.

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What singers have died recently?

2020

Name	Age	Cause of death
Alan Merrill Arrows	69	COVID-19
Bill Withers	81	Heart complications
Cristina Singer with ZE Records	64	COVID-19
Adam Schlesinger Fountains of Wayne, Ivy	52	COVID-19

Then, are phil spector and ronnie spector related?

Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes, portrait, London, August 1974. Ronnie Spector, who died last week at the age of 78, speaks candidly about her abusive ex-husband, Phil Spector, and more in never-before-heard audio on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now.

What race were the Ronettes?

Born Veronica Greenfield in New York's Spanish Harlem on August 10, 1943, Spector was the daughter of an African American and Cherokee mother and Irish-American father. As a teenager, she formed the musical group that became known as the Ronettes with her sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley.

Was Darlene in love with Ronettes?

As a member of the Blossoms, Love contributed backing vocals behind many of the biggest hits of the 1960s including the Ronettes' "Be My Baby", Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel", Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash", Frank Sinatra's version of "That's Life", and the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron".

Did the Ronettes wear wigs?

When it came to the 1963 success of the Ronettes, it was part "Be My Baby," part beehive. "We had this different look, this big hair -- which was ours," Ronnie Spector says of the group she led. "A lot of groups back then used wigs. But this was our own hair.15 Nov 1995

Why are the Ronettes so important?

It's Time To Recognize The Ronettes As Rock And Roll Pioneers History tends to remember some innovations over others - and The Ronettes, in particular, have been remembered as pop singers, with their rock and roll sensibilities railroaded out of their image.

Who did Phil Spector marry?

Phil Spector/Spouse

By Seavir Batteiger