# RIP Ronnie Spector **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 12, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666 "2022-01-12T23:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/1 "2022-01-12T23:04:59Z")
Ronnie Spector has passed away. My lifelong crush. Sigh… [https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/60s-icon-ronnie-spector-sang-baby-dies-78-82230668](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/60s-icon-ronnie-spector-sang-baby-dies-78-82230668) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/2 "2022-01-12T23:22:06Z")
RIP. The _GOOD_ Spector! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/3 "2022-01-13T00:11:39Z")
Spector has become a specter. RIP, Ronnie. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/4 "2022-01-13T00:14:00Z")
Perhaps my favorite performance of hers: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xERh3DH3x_4/maxresdefault.jpg "Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes with Ronnie Spector - 12 You Mean So Much to Me (live) (HQ)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERh3DH3x_4) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/5 "2022-01-13T00:22:49Z")
Oh, that’s so sad. I only learned from Keith Richards’s bio “Life” that he was very close to Ronnie. They even had a kind of fling going on. We can be glad that Phil didn’t shoot Keith. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/6 "2022-01-13T02:11:06Z")
Another legend of Music Americana moves on. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/7 "2022-01-13T03:40:21Z")
Did Ronnie have a kid with Phil? I recall reading an interview in the 80s where she talked about what a nut he was and how she wasn’t allowed to go out without him, but “after the baby came along” she at least had that to keep her occupied. Since reading that, no son or daughter has been mentioned. The obit I read mentioned two children but not whether they were Phil’s or her second husband’s. Sorry, not really relevant. I guess I always wished Ronnie was my mom! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/8 "2022-01-13T03:47:13Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > We can be glad that Phil didn’t shoot Keith. Unless the bullet was silver, it wouldn’t have mattered. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/9 "2022-01-13T03:49:29Z")
True dat. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/10 "2022-01-13T03:57:20Z")
What’s wonderful is how huge The Ronettes loom in memory despite their having just one top twenty hit (“Be My Baby”). They stand out as one of the top girl groups of the 60s mostly on the force of Ronnie’s personality. She’s one of the greats. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/11 "2022-01-13T15:44:18Z")
Jeez, they’re dropping like flies lately, aren’t they? She sang on Eddie Money’s _Take Me Home Tonight_. Even in her brief appearance in the video, she was incandescent. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3aJvIFK9-xk/maxresdefault.jpg "Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJvIFK9-xk) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/12 "2022-01-13T17:54:42Z")
Very sad news. I’m glad that I grew up when all of those early rock stars were bursting onto the scene. The Ronettes and other black groups had the best music out there. Predators like Phil Spector were all too common, taking advantage of young musicians and pocketing the cash. At least most of today’s young musicians are better informed, for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/13 "2022-01-21T19:56:36Z")
Her 2 sons were from her last husband. I read her book, and I think Phil adopted some children. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666/14 "2022-01-23T01:06:43Z")
Ah, thank you. I never though of Phil Spector as being the daddy type, but who knows?