The founding member of The Supremes, the legendary Mary Wilson dies at age 76. Wilson passed in her sleep in Las Vegas.
Wilson was the longest-reigning original Supreme. Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard made up the first successful configuration of The Supremes. Mary Wilson stayed with the group until it was officially disbanded by Motown in 1977.
Motown founder Berry Gordy said he was "extremely shocked and saddened" by the news of her death and said Wilson was "quite a star in her own right and over the years continued to work hard to boost the legacy of the Supremes."
Wilson was an American singer and musical concert performer who admired for being the founding member of the superb singing Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. history, as well as one of the all-time best-selling girl groups in the whole wide world.
