Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Melissa Solomon Barrett, in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The New York Times was the first to report the news.
"It is with great sadness that we announce our family has lost our mother, Melba Montgomery Solomon," she began. "She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister to my uncle, sister-in-law to my aunts and aunt to my cousins."
Solomon Barrett noted that her late mother "fought a long battle with dementia but is now with her loving husband, Jack Solomon in Heaven."
"We know mom has been waiting to hold dad for over 10 years," she continued. "We will provide visitation and funeral arrangements as we learn more in the coming days. Thank you for loving our mom as much as we have. She was an incredibly talented, kind and generous woman."
Rest In Peace Ms. Montgomery. I really enjoyed her voice and songs.I bet a lot of you don`t know of her but she was great.
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