I feel like I cheated on this one because back in the early 90s when I was working at Urban Network as the rap editor, I was hearing really sad stories about Mary Wells living in a motel etc. It appears a lot of information was left OUT of the this show and it was probably a good idea.
As the first female of Motown, Mary had a string of hits but relationship with Bobby’s other brother Curtis and had a baby by him in her later years.
Mary, who was a two pack a day smoker for years, developed throat cancer and died in 1992 at the age of 49. I don’t have showtimes on this show. The show airs tonight at 10PM EDT and repeats at 1AM EDT.
I really enjoyed it,and yes they left out a lot of things,like her hit song, Dear Lover,i would love to see a movie on, THE FRIST FEMALE STAR OF MOTOWN MISS MARY WELLS.