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Motown figure Esther Gordy Edwards dies at age 91

By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — Esther Gordy Edwards, who helped build Motown Records alongside her brother Berry Gordy Jr. and led efforts to turn its original Detroit headquarters into a museum, has died. She was 91.

Edwards died Wednesday surrounded by family and friends in Detroit, the Motown Historical Museum said in a statement.

Edwards was a Motown executive for nearly three decades, holding numerous leadership positions within the music company whose artists included Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and The Four Tops. Motown Records, which Berry Gordy started with a family loan in 1959, churned out scores of global hits from the building it dubbed "Hitsville, U.S.A." in Detroit. The company moved to Los Angeles in 1972.

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Motown's matriarch, Esther Gordy Edwards, 'always came out a hero'

Susan Whitall/ The Detroit News

Esther Gordy Edwards, a pioneering female executive at Motown, founder of the Motown Historical Museum and sister of Berry Gordy Jr., died Wednesday at home, with family and friends at her side. She was 91.

"Whatever she did, it was with the highest standards, professionalism and an attention to detail that was legendary," Motown founder Gordy said in a statement. "She always came out a hero. Esther wasn't concerned with being popular. She was dedicated to making us all better — the Gordy family and the Motown family."

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