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Birth date conflict[edit]

In the body of this article, it states that she was fourteen when she formed the music group, in the year 1961. How could she be fourteen in 1961 if she was born in 1945? If I'm doing the math right, she would have been fourteen in 1959? What am I missing here? If someone could help explain and/or fix this, that would be great. I am holding off changing anything because I would like another opinion first. Tinton5 (talk) 17:38, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I just found a source from the LA Times stating she was 15 years old in 1961 when she started performing and sang "Mr. Postman". [1] Tinton5 (talk) 17:48, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I personally would tag this as [disputed] and see if we can find more sources to a specific birthdate. When I fixed the IP's mess, I left the birthdate alone since BLPs or as I call some BRDPs (Biographies of Recently Died People) are borderline subjects and I'd rather not produce a thousand-told lie. Someone in the topic may know better than us.Mitch32^{(Erie Railroad Information Hog)} 18:07, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the obituary printed in the New York Times, her son said that she was born in 1945 in Gainesville, Florida. I doubt that her biological son would like about her birthdate and birthplace when providing this info to the newspaper.--XLR8TION (talk) 14:47, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Social Security Death Index ( http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi ) states that Gladys Catherine Horton was born on 30 May 1945 and died 26 January 2011. Her last place of residence was Sherman Oaks,California 91423 and her social security number was 384-44-5555. Please do a search as this only proves she was born in 1945.--XLR8TION (talk) 21:25, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[2] TheGreatestLuvofAll ( chat with me ) 07:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Burial/Cremated???[edit]

According to "Find a Grave" Ms. Horton was cremated and her ashes given to a close friend or family member. Should we place this info in this article (and in the Marvelettes article as well - or if it's really necessary)? (Part of me tells me we shouldn't.)--Halls4521 (talk) 15:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gladys' ashes were buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. TheGreatestLuvofAll ( chat with me ) 07:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to a forum on Prince’s fan site/blog, Gladys was a "firm believer in cremation", and her son revealed that, so he had the idea for cremation. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 23:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]