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Founding Ronettes member Nedra Talley Ross dies at 80

4/27/2026

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Nedra Talley Ross, a founding member of The Ronettes, died at age 80.
She formed The Ronettes with cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett in Spanish Harlem.
Their single “Be My Baby” spent three weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
The Ronettes opened for the Rolling Stones in the UK, later for the Beatles in the United States, and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Nedra Talley Ross, a founding member of The Ronettes, died at age 80.
She formed The Ronettes with cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett in Spanish Harlem.
Their single “Be My Baby” spent three weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
The Ronettes opened for the Rolling Stones in the UK, later for the Beatles in the United States, and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.