And crazy-ass Phil Spector's wife for a time. She and her group had profound effects on music. RIP.
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Ronnie Spector, lead singer of The Ronettes, dead at 78
Ronnie Spector, the swaggering 1960s pop icon with the sky-high beehive whose sultry, quavering voice-powered numerous hits for the Ronettes, including "Be My Baby," has died, her family announced in a statement Wednesday.
