Certainly not a household name in the music business but quite a talent nevertheless. She sang back up for Aretha and Prince but also recorded several albums of her own in the 70s and 80s.

Her best album was entitled Savoir Faire and there is an expanded version of it that should be readily available in all the usual places. She did some nice covers of songs such as The Need to Be [[title of another album) and Expressway to Your Heart. My own personal favorite by her was a song entitled Let the Roses Die.

My source did not give either a link to the story or an age for her. Maybe someone can post more details.