Wanda Young of Motown's The Marvelettes, dead at 78
Wanda Young, best known as a member of Motown's popular and chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died at age 78. Meta Ventress, Young's daughter, told the New York Times that her mother died on Dec. 15 in Garden City, Mich. She told the outlet that the cause of death had to do with complications due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The artist and her fellow Marvelettes were teenagers when they recorded their enduring hit "Please Mr.