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Tracee Ellis Ross Shares Sweet Tribute to Celebrate Mom Diana Ross’ 80th Birthday: ‘Incredible’


Tracee Ellis Ross sharred a touching tribute to celebrate her mom, Diana Ross, on her 80th birthday. She shared a photo montage of the singer's iconic looks.

“Did you know that from 1976 to 1985 (Rhonda was born ‘71, me ‘72, & Chudney ‘74), my mama @dianaross put out an album a year, did multiple tours, produced and starred in a variety of TV specials, shot Mahogany and The Wiz, produced her legendary 1983 Central Park concert with an estimated 800,000 attendees (when the first night of the show got rained out, she chose to pay for and re-do it the next night), left Motown, purchased an entire floor of a prestigious Fifth Avenue building, bought an estate outside of New York, and an office building where she where she manufactured Diana Ross Pantyhose and other merchandise, and other huge personal life moments?” she wrote. “This was at a time when women couldn’t apply for credit or serve on a jury, and didn’t have access to birth control but could get fired for being pregnant. “Amidst shattering records, breaking glass ceilings, and setting a new bar for style and glamor, we, her children, were always her priority,” Tracee wrote.

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