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Who Was Stevie Wonder’s First Wife Syreeta Wright?

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Stevland Hardaway Morris was born on May 13, 1950. He is known professionally as Stevie Wonder and is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that includes rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz.

Who Was Stevie Wonder’s First Wife Syreeta Wright?

Syreeta Wright was born on August 3, 1946, and died on July 6, 2004. She was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright’s career heights were songs in collaboration with her ex-husband Stevie Wonder and musical artist Billy Preston.

Wright was married three times and had four children. Her first marriage, to longtime collaborator Stevie Wonder, lasted 18 months, from September 1970 until 1972. In 1975, Wright married bassist Curtis Robertson Jr., with whom she had two children, Jamal Robertson (b. 1976) and Hodari Robertson (b. 1979). Wright and Robertson divorced in 1982.