Timmy84 said:

PurpleDiamond2009 said:

Man, I cant imagine how horrifying it was for the daugther to go into her mothers mom and finding her dead. Just terrible.

Apparently the same thing happened when Michael died: his son Prince tried to wake him up and he didn't respond. I believe it was Prince anyway.

whaaaat??!! You mean the freakin doctor who administer the propofol wasn't the first to find him? what in the hell was he doing?? I mean really where was he, and how long was he gone?

what a fool! I hope they hank this joker's license to practice medicine. He should go to jail. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. For real.

johnart said:

I am so terribly upset over this.

So many songs, words, melodies that will never be forgotten. I was so head over heels giddy to get to meet her last summer.

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You brought great joy and inspiration to so many. You will be greatly missed.

R.I.P. beautiful Lady T.

That's a nice picture

TonyVanDam said:

Timmy84 said:

Well add Teena to the list of Motown legends who died before her time:

• Shorty Long (1940-1969); aged 29, drowning
• Benny Benjamin, Funk Brother (1925-1969); aged 44, stroke
• Tammi Terrell (1945-1970); aged 24, complications of brain cancer
• Paul Williams (1939-1973); aged 34, suicide
• Al Bryant of the original Temptations (1939-1975); aged 36, cirrhosis of the liver
• Florence Ballard (1943-1976); aged 32, coronary thrombosis
• Georgeanna Tillman of the Marvelettes (1945-1980); aged 35, complications of lupus
• Sandra Tilley of Martha and the Vandellas (1945-1981); aged 36, breast cancer
• James Jamerson, Funk Brother (1936-1983); aged 47, lung cancer
• Marvin Gaye (1939-1984); aged 44, gunshot wounds
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Funk Brother (1932-1984); aged 52
• O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers (1937-1986); aged 48, heart attack
• David Ruffin (1941-1991); aged 50, drug overdose
• Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992); aged 52, lung cancer
• Earl Van Dyke, Funk Brother (1930-1992); aged 52, prostate cancer
• Mary Wells (1943-1992); aged 49, laryngeal cancer
• Robert White, Funk Brother (1936-1994); aged 57
• Melvin Franklin (1942-1995); aged 52, brain seizure (apparently this is what also killed Teena)
• Ronnie White (1939-1995); aged 56, leukemia
• Bobby DeBarge (1956-1995); aged 39, AIDS complications
• Lawrence Payton of the Four Tops (1936-1997); aged 61, cancer
• Gwen Gordy Fuqua, songwriter (1927-1999); aged 71, cancer
• Barbara Randolph (1942-2002); aged 60, cancer
• Syreeta Wright (1946-2004); aged 57, congestive heart failure
• Rick James (1948-2004); aged 56, heart attack
• Renaldo "Obie" Benson of the Four Tops (1936-2005); aged 69, lung cancer
• Billy Preston (1946-2006); aged 59, malignant hyper tension
• Billy Henderson (1939-2007); aged 58, complications due to diabetes
• Levi Stubbs (1936-2008); aged 72, natural causes
• Michael Jackson (1958-2009); aged 50, cardiac arrest
• Harvey Fuqua (1929-2010); aged 80, heart attack
• Teena Marie (1956-2010); aged 54, apparently from a seizure

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If I miss more let me know. Of that list, only two lived past aged 70 but 70 is still a young age to clock out IMHO.

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Like I said in a few threads before, Smokey, Stevie, Diana, & Martha are outliving their label mates. Oh, I can't forget about Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, & Jean Terrell.

Diana will probably be around in her 100s. I can't see her going anytime soon.

paisleypark4 said:

I cant believe this....MY GIRL!!!!! Its hard to even watch her perform on youtube right now...I listened to one song..and I cant listen to anymore right now....

Me too. One song is all I can manage right now.

prodigalfan said:

Timmy84 said:

Apparently the same thing happened when Michael died: his son Prince tried to wake him up and he didn't respond. I believe it was Prince anyway.

whaaaat??!! You mean the freakin doctor who administer the propofol wasn't the first to find him? what in the hell was he doing?? I mean really where was he, and how long was he gone?

what a fool! I hope they hank this joker's license to practice medicine. He should go to jail. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. For real.

Yeah he called for the doctor apparently. Then the doctor acted dumb of course.

Timmy84 said:

PurpleDiamond2009 said:

Man, I cant imagine how horrifying it was for the daugther to go into her mothers mom and finding her dead. Just terrible.

Apparently the same thing happened when Michael died: his son Prince tried to wake him up and he didn't respond. I believe it was Prince anyway.

Yeah, they said Prince was in the room and saw his dad dead. It's tragic for anyone to see their parent dead. It's terrible

musicjunky318 said:

TonyVanDam said:

Like I said in a few threads before, Smokey, Stevie, Diana, & Martha are outliving their label mates. Oh, I can't forget about Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, & Jean Terrell.

Diana will probably be around in her 100s. I can't see her going anytime soon.

I surely hope so! The last thing I need is Diana to suddenly leave this earth! Even with the criticism against her, she's a HUGE part of music history so I don't even wanna imagine that. Same with ReeRee. Give these legends 20-plus years. But you know as I say that, 20 years can come and go. Life is indeed short.

In the midst of all of our grief, let us be glad that we had her. She set my musical world on fire several times over. Thank God for Lady T!!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Lady Tee and Rick James

Here's one that doesn't get much recognition. But I like it.

dreamfactory313 said:

In the midst of all of our grief, let us be glad that we had her. She set my musical world on fire several times over. Thank God for Lady T!!

Amen.

Like I said let's preserve her memory, which will live on and on. Like Janet said recently, spirits live on, bodies are just a cover of the spirit and once the body become a shell, the spirit is let free.

Teena Marie (1956-forever)

MickyDolenz said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Lady Tee and Rick James

Here's one that doesn't get much recognition. But I like it.

Happy is one of my fav's..... i'm just so sick over this loss....

So jealous when johnart got his picture with her and when she tweeted paisleypark4.

I loved watching her be a judge on on Missy's talent show from around 2004.

She was just about to release an album. I love her voice.

I didn't believe this thread when I first saw it page one... I didn't want to. I was hoping Ron Isley's Twitter was a fake or something. Gosh, she will be missed.

anybody remember Teena's track "14k" from "The Goonies" soundtrack? Great overlooked tune.

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Lammastide said:

Wow. I've never been a Teena Marie fan. In fact, I've always been very much a critic of hers. The voice just never did much for me.

I have to say, though, I really gain a certain respect for her reading the responses here and across the internet. I had no idea she had such a sizeable, loyal following. Good on her.

I don't know any of her songs, and when I told the master she died he was like "who??" maybe she was never big down here? I have been trying to listen to a few of these youtube clips people have been posting but I can't get into it, at ALL

MickyDolenz said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Lady Tee and Rick James

Here's one that doesn't get much recognition. But I like it.

Thank you, Micky! I was trying to find that but couldn't remember the name of it.

So sad,I grew up on Teena's musc.

R.I.P.

Listening to "Deja Vu" now... her songs take on a real different meaning now it seems...

=[, my mom just texted and told me that...

Girl had some good song's to

Harlem Blues, Lovegirl, Deja Vu, Portugese Love, Fire & Desire with Rick James. Black Rain, I love him to

R.I.P

According to her publicist, Teena suffered a Grand Mal seizure in November, which makes me wonder if doctors had cleared her to tour.

Vendetta1 said:

babynoz said:

My favorite Teena song,

Mine too.

Mine three.
It is perfection.

Identity said:

According to her publicist, Teena suffered a Grand Mal seizure in November, which makes me wonder if doctors had cleared her to tour.

Oddly enough I reported that bit of news on another site. I think from the People magazine's site.

You know her career was amazing when you think about it. Here was a girl brought up in a black neighborhood that fit in with them without even trying, then joined Motown, and spent four years in career development before fate brought her and a rising Rick James together. Then she rode the wave on her own after time to success. One of the first artists to mix the then-new genre of rap music into funk music and a deep songwriter. Plus she preservered. Least Teena got to see her daughter reach 18 before God called for her to return home. So in that essence Teena lived a full life.

My favorite. I will never hear this song in the same light again.

Timmy84 said:

You know her career was amazing when you think about it. Here was a girl brought up in a black neighborhood that fit in with them without even trying, then joined Motown, and spent four years in career development before fate brought her and a rising Rick James together. Then she rode the wave on her own after time to success. One of the first artists to mix the then-new genre of rap music into funk music and a deep songwriter. Plus she preservered. Least Teena got to see her daughter reach 18 before God called for her to return home. So in that essence Teena lived a full life.

At first they didn’t want to reveal she was white right?

I just heard. I'm in shock. She was Huge in Detroit, thanks to Mojo playing her music all the time back in the day. She could sing a phone boook and I would have bought it.

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Teena Marie: "I'm a Black artist with White skin."

silverchild said:

Yep and them both dying so young. I have to say Teena's death is probably all the most shocking for me because she was still touring and working on music. Hell, she was still putting out solid material during her later years. She made a gigantic comeback on the music world back in 2004 when she did the album La Dona and the bomb ever since that release was ticking off. She is definitely one of my musical heroes in the game. Producer, arranger, musician, songwritier...I mean she had the whole music world on lock because it was rare to see females back in the day doing that. Her move from Motown to Epic Records and the drama that surrounded it was just so powerful to me, as she fought for her artistic credibility and rights as an artist. WOW...she was just a marvel.

Lady T never got anywhere near the recognition that she deserved.

Timmy84 said:

You know her career was amazing when you think about it. Here was a girl brought up in a black neighborhood that fit in with them without even trying, then joined Motown, and spent four years in career development before fate brought her and a rising Rick James together. Then she rode the wave on her own after time to success. One of the first artists to mix the then-new genre of rap music into funk music and a deep songwriter. Plus she preservered. Least Teena got to see her daughter reach 18 before God called for her to return home. So in that essence Teena lived a full life.

I keep thinking about her daughter...my heart goes out to her.

Another underrated gem w/ Slick Rick