Esther Gordy Edwards obituary

Key Motown Records executive who helped her brother Berry found the companyWhen Berry Gordy Jr asked his parents and seven siblings for an $800 loan with which to start his own record label, his oldest sister was the last to agree. Esther Gordy Edwards, who has died aged 91, had set up a company that lent money to family members and she was not convinced that Berry, who had written a couple of hit songs and tried his hand at prizefighting and pimping, but never lasted long in a proper job, posse...

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