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Lesley Sue Goldstein, better known by her stage name Lesley Gore, was born on 2 May 1946, in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, to Ronnie and Leo Goldstein, of Jewish descent. She was a singer, songwriter, actress, and activist, probably best known for her hits “It’s My Party” and “You Don’t Own Me”. She passed away in 2015.

A talented artist, how wealthy was Lesley Gore? Sources state that Gore had acquired a net worth of over $5 million. The main source of her fortune had been her involvement in the entertainment industry, from her debut in the early ‘60s.

Gore grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, along with her brother. She attended Dwight School for Girls in Englewood, NJ, and later enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, in Yonkers, New York, to study British and American literature, graduating in 1968.

In 1963, during her junior year at high school, Gore was discovered by the legendary music producer Quincy Jones, who signed her to Mercury Records and produced her first song and the biggest hit of her career, “It’s My Party”. The single became an immediate success, reaching the top of the charts and selling over a million copies. It went gold and received a Grammy nomination for rock n’ roll recording. Gore became an instant star, and her wealth began to grow.

Later that year, she released her first album under Mercury, entitled “I’ll Cry If I Want To”, reaching #24 on the U.S. albums chart. Aside from “It’s My Party”, the album spawned another hit, “Judy’s Turn to Cry”, which reached #5 on the charts. Over the next two years, Gore released three more albums, containing a number of hit singles, such as “She’s a Fool”, “That’s the Way Boys Are”, “Maybe I Know”, “Look of Love”, “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows” – nominated for a Grammy- and “You Don’t Own Me”, the latter song holding #2 for weeks, being surpassed only by The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. All contributed to her rising popularity, and to her net worth as well.

The singer expanded her range into the film industry in 1965, appearing in “The Girls on the Beach” and “Ski Party”, performing several of her songs. Two years later, she appeared in the series “Batman”, with the recurring role of the Catwoman’s Pussycat minion. She went on to make appearances in numerous television variety shows.

By the end of the ’60s, Gore had released several more albums, and scored Top 40 hits with singles “My Town, My Guy and Me” and “California Nights”. All contributed to her net worth.

During the next decade, Gore pursued a songwriting career, which was reflected in her next album, “Some Place Else Now”, under new label, MoWest Records. She went on to release another album during the ’70, entitled “Love Me By Name”.

In 1980 she composed songs for the soundtrack of the musical drama film “Fame”, earning an Academy Award nomination for the single “Out Here on My Own”. Her album “The Canvas Can Do Miracles” came out two years later.

In the following years Gore played many concerts and undertook numerous tours. In 2004, she served as the host of the PBS LGBT television news magazine entitled “In the Life”, which was the longest running LGBT television program in history. The following year she released her last album entitled “Ever Since”, produced by Blake Morgan through his label, Engine Company Records. The album received critical acclaim, and was featured on the soundtracks of popular television shows “CSI: Miami” and “The L Word”, and in the film “Flannel Pajamas”, significantly improving Gore’s net worth.

In 2015 she worked on a memoir and a Broadway show based on her life. Unfortunately, she didn’t have a chance to finish it, as Lesley Gore died in early 2015 of lung cancer, at the age of 68.

When it comes to her private life, during her hosting of the “In the Life” program, Gore outed herself as being a lesbian. She had been in a relationship with luxury jewelry designer Lois Sasson since 1982.

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• She is survived by Lois Sasson, her partner of 33 years.
• As a recording artist, had four consecutive Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart starting in 1963.
• She was the only female solo act to perform on the star-studded The T.A.M.I. Show (1964), one of the first big rock venues of the 1960s. Her million-seller “You Don’t Own Me”, which she performed on that show, predated the era of Women’s lib. That song has gained a new life recently, with its inclusion in a women’s sportswear commercial.
• Studied literature and drama at Sarah Lawrence College.
• Aunt of Olivia Howard Bagg and August Bagg.
• Cousin-in-law of Neil Bagg.
• Cousin of Alan Dean Foster and Jana Howard.
• Is mentioned in the song “Life Is a Rock But the Radio Rolled Me” by Reunion.
• When she was 11 years old her parents took her to her first Broadway musical, “My Fair Lady”. She loved it so much that she asked her parents to see it again and again.
• Inspired a storyline for the movie Grace of My Heart (1996) in which a 1960s bubble-gum singer is shown to be a closet lesbian. Coincidentally, Lesley helped with music for the movie, and in the movie the closet lesbian singer records a song Lesley herself recorded, “Secret Love”.
• Older sister of Michael Gore.
• She died of lung cancer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, NYC. She was diagnosed with a tumor on her spine in January 2015.
• Discovered by producer Quincy Jones while singing at a hotel in Manhattan. He went on to produce her most successful recordings, including “It’s My Party”, which spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart and three weeks on its R&B chart (USA) in June 1963.

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