Whitney Houston & her daughter
For me its, Ain’t no Mountain high enough singers
Both had tragic and short lives.
Tammi Terrell (born Thomasina Winifred Montgomery), like Marvin Gaye, died too young. She died a month before her 25th birthday in 1970. She would be 71 today. She was involved with James Brown for two years. The relationship ended after he started hitting her. She endured eight surgeries for a brain tumor that kept coming back. At the end of her life, she was blind, confined to a wheelchair, lost her hair, and weighed 93 pounds. Her angry mother refused to let anyone from Motown attend Tammi’s funeral because the label had pushed Tammi to perform, even when she had severe headaches and other symptoms of the tumor. She collapsed on stage, and Marvin helped her get offstage. Marvin was the only one from Motown allowed to attend Tammi’s funeral because her mom felt he was a good friend to her daughter. Tammi was cute, talented and smart — a pre-med major in college. To have her life cut short is tragic. R.I.P., Tammi and Marvin. You are singing together again.
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