FLORENCE BALLARD: Bad husband, 3 Daughters, MYSTERIOUS DEATH, Abandoned House - FULL DOCUMENTARY

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
  • In the dazzling spotlight of the 1960s, The Supremes took the world by storm. Their harmonies were unforgettable, their style iconic. But behind the glitter and glamour of the Motown machine, lay a story often overshadowed - the untold, painful journey of Florence Ballard. She was more than just a voice in the chorus she was the heartbeat of the group. Yet, her rise to fame was marred by trials that remained hidden from the public eye. In today's video, we're uncovering the hidden story of Florence Ballard. It's a story of immense talent, profound struggle, and the resilience of a woman whose life was as compelling as her voice. This is a story you don't want to miss.
    #FLORENCEBALLARD

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  • @tonyaharmon6343
    @tonyaharmon6343 2 місяці тому +32

    She had the voice!!! It was pretty powerful and She was beautiful.

  • @brucescott4261
    @brucescott4261 Місяць тому +13

    Florence Glenda Ballard (June 30th, 1943 - February 22nd, 1976) was drop dead GORGEOUS, PERIOD!!!

    • @michelemincey4201
      @michelemincey4201 Місяць тому +2

      Gordy went at Florence first but she rejected him. That's why he hated her.

  • @californiagirl1579
    @californiagirl1579 2 місяці тому +27

    I will forever love Florence Ballard ❤👑🙏🏽 she definitely didn't deserve the bad treatment she got from Diana Ross and Berry Gordy Florence Ballard was the face& voice of the supremes period! Although she is gone her legacy will forever be cherish and always ❤ long live Blonde 👑👑👑

    • @Truthbetold630
      @Truthbetold630 2 місяці тому

      🎯🎯❤❤❤

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 2 місяці тому

      What did Diana Ross do besides sing lead and have a child with Barry? Florence had a beautiful voice and who cares where you sing in a group you are making money right?

    • @monilaninetynine3811
      @monilaninetynine3811 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@carolyncruse5495Florence cared and complained and got herself kicked out of the group, but people love to blame Diana for Flo's life

    • @alvenatgolden1781
      @alvenatgolden1781 Місяць тому +1

      In Karmic debts you never know who is paying who.

  • @Miguelperry411
    @Miguelperry411 2 місяці тому +26

    I don't know why everyone keeps denying that Dreamgirls isn't based on the Supremes. It's so obvious.

    • @timothyypearson
      @timothyypearson Місяць тому +4

      They are blind because everything points to the supremes especially the pic getting off the plane that was actually a pic they took fro an album called Liverpool in 1965

    • @Blancamdiaz-rx4ei
      @Blancamdiaz-rx4ei 23 дні тому

      Agree‼️⭐⭐⭐

  • @reneehurt387
    @reneehurt387 2 місяці тому +13

    🎉Rest in peace, and 81st birthday wishes to Florence Ballard 6. 30. She was a talent lost too soon, by unfair circumstances. Ms Ballard chose the name, "Supremes" after she was asked to start a girl group. She chose her best friend, Mary Wilson, and later Diana Ross was included. The Supremes will always be so. Rest in Respect

  • @californiagirl1579
    @californiagirl1579 2 місяці тому +17

    Florence Ballard was so Gorgeous ❤🙏🏽 may God forever rest her soul motown did her dirty just know karma doesn't have no expiration day period! Her& mary are in heaven singing together again😢

  • @dorotnybates8233
    @dorotnybates8233 2 місяці тому +17

    The truth shallll.....make us all FREE

  • @Savadorason1
    @Savadorason1 Місяць тому +6

    -See that, just give up some azz to the boss & it's a 50/50 that you will move up to bigger things. Even passing over the real better ones left behind. Florence, rip. ❤

  • @caroleroseburgh1344
    @caroleroseburgh1344 2 місяці тому +57

    He favored Ross because he was laying with her‼️😠

    • @tonyaharmon6343
      @tonyaharmon6343 2 місяці тому +5

      See

    • @patriciaharris2566
      @patriciaharris2566 2 місяці тому +5

      Ur so right

    • @mahogany1967
      @mahogany1967 2 місяці тому +8

      Florence Ballard had a beautiful, soulful voice. However, Diana Ross's voice was more commercial.

    • @freddy8479
      @freddy8479 2 місяці тому +2

      CONTINUOUSLY LAYING DOWN "THE PIPE!!!"

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 2 місяці тому +1

      How do you know that?

  • @patriciaharris2566
    @patriciaharris2566 2 місяці тому +18

    Berry gordy akways favored Diana Ross

    • @lindahines9380
      @lindahines9380 2 місяці тому +2

      he sure certainly did all were complaining
      about the favoritism! he was showing her

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 Місяць тому +2

      Her voice is perfection. I have favorites and the whole group was good But sometimes there is one that just blows us away. The whole package.

    • @Savadorason1
      @Savadorason1 Місяць тому +2

      -A Sad reminder of how giving up some azz to the boss can sometimes lead to big things fir you. Even overshadowing the more deserving ones. ,,,Florence, rip. ❤

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 Місяць тому

      @@Savadorason1 it is sad for her. Diana voice is beautiful and she would not sell out concerts at her age or ever without it.

    • @janicelumpkin601
      @janicelumpkin601 Місяць тому +1

      What happen to her husband,,her daughters dad after Flo's death???

  • @BettyCanBoop
    @BettyCanBoop Місяць тому +1

    RIP. Simply the best Supreme 😢

  • @locoop6041
    @locoop6041 2 місяці тому +9

    That's the wrong picture of Paul Williams of the Primes. The Paul that's pictured was a musician but not the Primes member.

  • @DeionHarris
    @DeionHarris 2 місяці тому +15

    no he didnt say where florences mother still resides that lady is not still living get out of here

  • @elove2.038
    @elove2.038 Місяць тому +1

    Its a video here on YT with Florence's daughters getting evicted out of their grandmother's home. The home their mother brought for her mother. Meaningful things that meant alot to them was out on the curb in the middle of winter. It was sad.

  • @jzwalz51robin45
    @jzwalz51robin45 2 місяці тому +9

    I heard a story that Diana showed up to her funeral late, walking up the center aisle and sat up front so that everyone could see her. Is that true?

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 2 місяці тому +1

      She showed up in a fur coat that everyone was jealous of and yes she sat up front Diana gave her children money and also lent Mary money many times. People just because Poor Flo had troubles do not blame Diana for it.

    • @SJ-ni6iy
      @SJ-ni6iy 2 місяці тому +5

      @@carolyncruse5495everything we’ve heard about Diana may not be true but I doubt everything is lies. Ross did a lot of backstabbing and dirty deeds to get to the top.

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 2 місяці тому +2

      @@SJ-ni6iy Diana did not stop anyone from singing. There are plenty of singers out here that just do not make it. She had a bum man stealing from her. She was an alcoholic. I hate that her life was cut short but all this talk about Diana is really sad. No matter what if you got it you got it if you don’t you dont that does not make her any less human. It means she did not make it. All those siblings of hers could not even save her home even to this day. Now that is Sad. I feel for everyone involved.

    • @SJ-ni6iy
      @SJ-ni6iy 2 місяці тому +3

      @@carolyncruse5495 Diana slept her way to the top and did some shady things, like stealing other act’s gowns. Don’t even get me started on Dirty Diana.

    • @SJ-ni6iy
      @SJ-ni6iy 2 місяці тому +1

      @@carolyncruse5495 Diana slept her way to the top and did some shady things, like stealing other act’s gowns. Don’t even get me started on Dirty Diana.

  • @jhaychylla
    @jhaychylla Місяць тому +1

    Is was an *excellent* story on the life of Florence Ballard. I had no idea that she reportedly had a strong voice, needing no microphone. Another stunner is that she was the core of the group. Lastly, I am amazed at not only how beautiful she was, but how she got played by Diana Ross as Diana became the lead. I'm glad Mary was in her corner, but Ms. Ross has lost credibility with me of which was rocky anyway for what she did to Gladys Knight. Rest in Paradise to Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.

  • @youngmoney6850
    @youngmoney6850 Місяць тому +1

    This is why don't help a friend get a job where you work. They will come in and get you fired then take your position.

  • @freddy8479
    @freddy8479 2 місяці тому +2

    I personally feel that actress, "ERICA PEEPLES" of "THE TRUE TO THE GAME" trilogies, ALSO A MICHIGAN NATIVE would be A GREAT FIT to portray "FLO."

  • @Blancamdiaz-rx4ei
    @Blancamdiaz-rx4ei 23 дні тому +1

    U know Diana Ross slept her way through the industry...,more then ppl know❤️‍🩹⭐🥀

  • @deborahjohnson1492
    @deborahjohnson1492 2 місяці тому +6

    Reggie Harding trash

  • @DrNoahBoddy004
    @DrNoahBoddy004 2 місяці тому +7

    I was always told he, (BG) had a violent streak. I wish she would have left Detroit for Philadelphia. There, Thom Bell, or Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff could have saved this precious woman. It makes me nauseous as Hxll, hearing how xssholes w/power treat ladies. Karma can be a bxtch paying them back in the end, and quite often, IS!

    • @freddy8479
      @freddy8479 2 місяці тому +2

      Or.....
      Besides Gamble and Huff....
      If he had lived SOUL LEGEND, SAM COOKE might have invited Flo to join his new upcoming label, SARS RECORDS as A SUCCESSFUL SOLO ARTIST of the 70s and the 80s.

    • @alvenatgolden1781
      @alvenatgolden1781 Місяць тому

      Maybe she was repaying Karma to D.Ross karma works both ways.

  • @artistseye1
    @artistseye1 6 днів тому

    A super sad life. Mary said Florence was raped by someone she thought was a friend and really never recovered, even with her fame.

  • @ruff1draft
    @ruff1draft 2 місяці тому +3

    What has happened to Florence Ballard children

    • @UnckelDonny1Det
      @UnckelDonny1Det 2 місяці тому +3

      Im friends with one of her daughters. I can say that she is doing very well. Don't know the others.

    • @ruff1draft
      @ruff1draft 2 місяці тому +2

      @@UnckelDonny1Det Oh that is great to hear. Is one of the daughter's you are friends with based in Detroit

  • @Donald-q9y
    @Donald-q9y 10 днів тому

    And Fu. Berry Gordy, because he was the one who had control of all of them , and he didn't even help bury the woman!!!

  • @denisefields7233
    @denisefields7233 2 місяці тому +1

    You know Cindy I watching this story about Florence Ballard and the Supremes please come and watch it with me❤okay the part that you missed was when they were speaking about how Berry Gordy favored Diana Ross🥀🥀and let's listen 🍁 to the rest 😜 oh my God they're saying that she was only 32 at her untimely death that's Young 🌄💐 oh my God she had so many brothers and sisters I couldn't keep count of what the narrator was saying 🥀oh my God I can't believe that Florence lost so many of her brothers and sisters at a young age 🤍🥀 okay well the narrator is saying that Florence met Mary Wilson in high school 🏫🎒🥀 wow by Florence and her family moving from the south to the Brewster projects it seems like that's where everything started❤❤ I can't believe that they're saying that Florence was actually raped by some dude 😎 at a young age so what if this bully played basketball who cared so I can understand why Florence was actually mentally tormented by what this guy did to her and he sounds like he was a rough something 🥀🥀 because he ended up getting shot in the head 🗣️🗣️ who at the end of 1960 Berry 🍓🫐 Gordy allowed Florence to pick the name of the group 😜 which was good 🍁 now it's starting to sound like the girls are having problems that's one thing about working with females it just seems like nothing can go right 💔🍁 oh no there now wanting to call the group Diana Ross and The Supremes 💐 now they're saying that Mary Wilson was Florence's best friend more so than Diana Ross🥀🥀 oh yeah I remember Cindy birthstone she's the one that took Florence's place in The Supremes 💐 okay so I guess because of the fact that they were having problems with Florence acting out that's why they went with Cindy ❤❤ are you keeping up with the story 🌹 about what the announcer is actually saying I'm trying to keep up but it's kind of getting a little confusing 😕 so what they're saying is is that Florence tried to go out on her own as a single artist and then she was dropped for whatever reason on that😮 I can't believe that Florence tried to actually Sue motel and her suit was thrown out and it left her financially ruined can you believe that I can't wow 😲 I can't believe that one of the Supremes actually applied for welfare Florence oh my God 😢😢 this story is really something because I'm telling you this chick went through a lot 🍁 you mean to tell me in 1976 Florence actually passed away and some type of blood clot due to the heart oh my God 🥀💔🥀💔🥀💐🥀 yeah you ain't lying she had a lot of heartaches and highs and lows 😢you know what I'm going to watch the rest of this later🌹 because this was one of my favorite groups and to hear all of this is really hurting 💔🥀 our you sure Denise yeah I'm sure 😢 and now the announcer is saying if you like the story let us know well this was just a little bit too much for me but like I said I'll continue watching the show later out of ❤❤much respect for Florence who was my favorite supreme 🌹💐💐💐💔🥀

  • @janfell8228
    @janfell8228 Місяць тому +1

    Its moTown not mo Down!

  • @user-em2pj1vm3s
    @user-em2pj1vm3s 2 місяці тому +2

    Wrong picture of paul William

  • @IamTaliaIsrael
    @IamTaliaIsrael 2 місяці тому +1

    Of course none of her records outside of mowtown wasn't going to do anything berry blackballed her so of course she never got her music career off the ground much like David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks Ed got some rise because keep on truck'en and intimate friends were the shiiii... it was requested and sold very well and also mary Wilson her supreme's never quite went anywhere to far she and her supreme's had to be booked and go on the road that's how she made it through kept her a float neither one of them got what someone else got but Mary managed to stay a float I don't believe Florence Ballard or Paul William's passed away like it was reported I don't believe it there's more to those stories berry is 94 all the stealing and low down shi.. he's done I wonder have to braced himself for his judgment? because he's definitely going to be under judgement he has to answer for all his dirty work

  • @BellaButterfly-tq9co
    @BellaButterfly-tq9co 2 місяці тому +6

    My mom didn't like Diana Ross.
    Now I see why because Diana Ross and the other lady could have given her some money to get by instead of letting her house go into foreclosure and her applying for welfare. So what happened with her three children?
    I'm sure there's something I can find out about them. Florence was so young. She was just beginning to live and she passed away. This is a sad story but I'm glad I came across it and decided to look at it.
    ~~REST IN ~~ PARADISE MS. QUEEN FLORENCE BALLARD 💓💫💥🫶🏽🙏🏽

    • @davidbetsey2437
      @davidbetsey2437 2 місяці тому +3

      Diana wrote a check for 30,000 dollars to save her house but was told by Florence's husband to make out the check in his name, & he spent every penny on dope, whiskey & cheap women & made Florence lose her home. This is one time Diana Ross did the right thing but it backfired.,😵

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 2 місяці тому +1

      Diana gave money and just because you know someone does not mean you owe them anything. This is so crazy.

    • @carolyncruse5495
      @carolyncruse5495 2 місяці тому

      @@davidbetsey2437 thank you !

    • @daniellej7914
      @daniellej7914 Місяць тому

      @@davidbetsey2437I heard Florence was too paranoid to cash the check plus Diana should’ve known better

    • @danilaroche1156
      @danilaroche1156 Місяць тому

      Reggie must feel like dog poo. I hope he got saved.

  • @rapman5791
    @rapman5791 Місяць тому

    People die of heart disease at every age. It’s not uncommon and it’s been happening since humans hearts started beating. ♥️
    Not everything is a huge conspiracy.

  • @LisaLisaCJ
    @LisaLisaCJ Місяць тому

    So many inaccuracies

  • @sylviabibbs9820
    @sylviabibbs9820 2 місяці тому +2

    This is wrong half truth w more lies

  • @sylviabibbs9820
    @sylviabibbs9820 2 місяці тому

    These are my 2 favorites Mary and BLONDE I didn't care for DR HER voice was so whiney and nasal eyes popedour like an owl Maey was so gorgeous and beautiful soul she had life light and love for fans and admirer DR was never my fav Florence was a doll she had so much her family were good ppl she was tied up w men that mistreated her badly

    • @daniellej7914
      @daniellej7914 Місяць тому +1

      They said Berry made her the lead because her voice was more commercial

  • @sylviabibbs9820
    @sylviabibbs9820 2 місяці тому

    Her daughters are beautiful young ladies got no royalties from the records sold as a Supreme DR did help financially she was generous to do it I'll give her the ok DR of course she was battling alcoholism herself alledgely fame seemingly isn't what it appears to be contracts aren't good and do not give the whole truth from what I've heard alledgedly a death clause fame of this kind I do not chase after just enjoy those who did get theirs many gone that were so gifted to sing act being what was tgeir way to bring money to themselves and families not many had any left of course the drugs alcohol addictions they were introduced to had negative outcomes in the end suspicious untimely death just unimaginable tragedies beyond that they had me whole thinking of fame has changed no ty

    • @LisaLisaCJ
      @LisaLisaCJ Місяць тому

      Her daughter Nicole said in an interview that they now receive royalties

  • @tishco305
    @tishco305 2 місяці тому +17

    It was infuriating hearing excuses made for the rapist and his terrible behavior.. there were many people that had an even harder road than him and didn’t turn out to be degenerate rapist scumbags 🙄😠