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Esther Gordy Edwards

Esther Gordy Edwards (née Gordy; April 25, 1920 – August 24, 2011)[1] was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s.[2] Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A., by preserving the label's Detroit studio. She also served as president of the Motown Museum and has been called the "Mother of Motown".[3][4] Edwards was posthumously inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2022.[5]

Esther Gordy Edwards

April 25, 1920

August 24, 2011(2011-08-24) (aged 91)

Esther Gordy

Businesswoman