Teena Marie, one of the great voices of R&B music, and the rare white woman to make it big in the field, has died of “natural causes” according to CNN, while Rolling Stone reports that she died in her sleep of unknown causes, age 54. She was found by family members 26 December.
She was born Mary Christine Brockert in California and entered show business as a tap dancing child on the TV show “Beverly Hillbillies” but when she was 19 she was signed to a music contract. Rick James, often described as a funk legend, was a close friend and collaborator before his death in 2004. Teena Marie was briefly hospitalized in November after a grand mal seizure and she was planning to return to the stage soon in what would have been her first performance after the seizure.
Teena Marie’s first major hit, “Lover Girl” shot her to fame in 1984:
She was born Mary Christine Brockert in California and entered show business as a tap dancing child on the TV show “Beverly Hillbillies” but when she was 19 she was signed to a music contract. Rick James, often described as a funk legend, was a close friend and collaborator before his death in 2004. Teena Marie was briefly hospitalized in November after a grand mal seizure and she was planning to return to the stage soon in what would have been her first performance after the seizure.
Teena Marie’s first major hit, “Lover Girl” shot her to fame in 1984:
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