Was Flo Ballard's death Motown's biggest EVER heartbreak?

[kenneth]

Oh man, in a way it did feel like a family member. I remember right after the blunt news on television, the days leading up to Flo's funeral there were radio tributes on several stations. I remember WXYZ Channel 7 showing footage of the funeral. It was a strangely warm day for February in our part of the country. I was raking leaves because there was no snow on the ground that day.

I still have the Detroit Free Press article somewhere about the funeral. I think the headline was something like "Florence Ballard at Center Stage for the Last Time".

Mary Wilson wore the same cloche [[?) type hat to the funeral which she is wearing on the back of the "High Energy" album. I think that's what that type of hat is called.