The Hollywood Reporter

Wanda Young, Member of Motown’s The Marvelettes Who Sang on Hit “Please Mr. Postman,” Dies at 78

The Marvelettes were teenagers in 1961 when they recorded the song, which went on to become Motown's first No. 1 pop hit. By The Associated Press Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The ...
Yahoo

Wanda Young Dies: Singer For The Marvelettes On ‘Please Mr. Postman’ Was 78

Wanda Young, one of the original Marvelettes on Motown’s Tamla label in the 1960s and later the group’s lead singer, has died. She was 78 and passed on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan from ...
Yahoo

Katherine Anderson, Co-Founder Of The Marvelettes, Dead At 79

Katherine Anderson-Schaffner, a founding member of The Marvelettes, has died at age 79. A cause of death is unknown. The tragic news was confirmed by her daughter, Keisha Schaffner, on Wednesday (Sept ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Wanda Young, member of The Marvelettes, dies at 78

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People

Wanda Young of the Marvelettes Dies at 78: 'Her Legacy Will Continue to Live On'

Young sang lead vocals on the chart-topping Motown hit "Please Mr. Postman" Wanda Young, the legendary singer from the Marvelettes, has died at 78. Young died on Dec. 15 from complications of chronic ...
Black Enterprise

Wanda Young of Motown’s Legendary Group The Marvelettes, Dies At 78

Young and her Marvelettes groupmates were just teenagers when they recorded Motown’s first radio No. 1 pop hit, “Please Mr. Postman.” The 1961 release helped put Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records on ...
Entertainment Weekly

Georgia Dobbins, who co-wrote Motown's first No. 1 hit 'Please Mr. Postman,' dies at 78

Georgia Dobbins, co-writer of Motown's first No. 1 hit "Please Mr. Postman" as part of The Marvelettes, died on Sept. 18 from cardiac arrest. She was 78. Even though Dobbins spent a short time with ...
USA Today

Marvelettes singer Wanda Young dies at 78, remembered for voice, wit

Wanda Young, co-lead singer of popular Motown group The Marvelettes, died Dec. 15. She was 78. Meta Ventress told The New York Times in a story published Saturday that her mother died Dec. 15 in ...
FOX13 Memphis

Wanda Young, member of The Marvelettes, dead at 78

Wanda Young, a singer with the 1960s Motown group The Marvelettes, whose 1961 hit Please Mr. Postman was a No. 1 hit, died Dec. 15. She was 78. Young died in Garden City, Michigan, her daughter, Meta ...
Vulture

Wanda Young of the Marvelettes Dead at 78

Wanda Young, one the founding members of Motown’s Marvelettes, has died. She was 78. Young died December 15, Deadline is reporting, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Young ...
WXYZ

Wanda Young, member of Motown’s The Marvelettes, dies at 78

DETROIT (AP) — Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78. Meta Ventress told The New York Times in a story published Saturday that her ...