By Angela Johnson
Most people know that Diana Ross and Berry Gordy had a successful professional relationship that included hit songs with The Supremes on his Motown label and memorable on-screen performances, like Ross’ portrayal of Billie Holiday in the Gordy-produced film, “Lady Sings The Blues.”
The pair also had a romance, despite their nearly 15-year age difference, that produced a daughter.
“She was my baby,” he told Barbara Walters in an interview. “I loved all of my artists, but I was in love with Diana Ross.
But for Gordy and Ross, their professional relationship would be the thing that would end their romance, as Gordy has said he never wanted anything stop Ross from becoming the star she was meant to be.
This is the love story of Berry Gordy and Diana Ross.
Diana Ross first met Berry Gordy in the early 1960s when she and her girl group, The Primettes, auditioned
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