MARY WILSON

Mary Wilson was a black African American vocalist, concert performer, music rights activist, motivational speaker, author and former U.S. Cultural Ambassador from the 1950s to the 2020s. Wilson is best known as a founding member and longest member of the Supremes, who during the 1960s became Motown's most successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Wilson later became a New York Times Best Seller in 1986 with the release of her autobiography, Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme, a record setter for sales in its genre, and later Supreme Faith: Someday We'll Be Together. Wilson was inducted along with Ross and Ballard (as members of the Supremes) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Mary passed away in 2021 at the age of 76.