SUPREME BEING

Published date05 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
Badge of honour: American President Barack Obama embraced Diana at the White House when he presented the mother-of-five with the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. Diana has gone on to play the Legends slot at Glastonbury and closed the Platinum Party At The Palace concert in 2022 in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee

1968 Royal approval: Princess Anne shared a laugh with Diana Ross and The Supremes backstage at the London Palladium after the group performed the Royal Variety Performance. Des O'Connor presented the show.

1975 The big picture: More movie roles followed with Diana appearing alongside Psycho film star Anthony Perkins in Mahogany, left, and Michael Jackson in the 1978 musical The Wiz.

SUPREME being 1987 Solo success: The Motown star released hit after hit, from I'm Still Waiting and Upside Down, to Touch Me In The Morning and I'm Coming Out, written and produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.

MOTOWN MAGIC...

1995 1975 Baby love: Diana Ernestine Earl Ross made her entrance on March 26, 1944, in Detroit. She was one of six children and started singing in a Baptist church gospel choir and joined a group called The Primettes when she was 15. The former beauty school student once said: "You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen...

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