Friday, June 30, 2023
The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of Her Life
Cindy Birdsong, the former Supremes member, and Motown royalty, has mainly remained hidden since the early 1990s. She left the group in 1976, later experiencing financial hardship, and withdrew from the limelight. However, her financial and medical struggles are becoming more public lately as her family requests a legal conservatorship to govern the singer's affairs.
Birdsong suffered several strokes over the past few years, with her family claiming she is now totally incapacitated. The family claims that her longtime friend and roommate, Rochelle Lander, has been an undue influence on Birdsong's care and isolated her from her friends and family.
For more information see Julia Jacobs and Christopher Petkanas “The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of her Life” The New York Times, June 29, 2023.
Special thanks to Lewis Saret (Attorney, Washington, D.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2023/06/the-family-of-a-former-supreme-battles-for-control-of-her-life.html