Fact: Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, and Motown founder Berry Gordy were among those who gathered to honour singer Teena Marie at a private memorial service at California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Monday (10Jan11). The singer died on 27 December (10) of natural causes.
Quote: "There are a lot of black people who swore by her and believed in her, as far as her music was concerned." The O'JAYS founder Eddie Levert remembers late R&B star Teena Marie, who died on Sunday (26Dec10).