Editing Ronnie Spector (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Ronnie Spector 2000.jpg|thumb|right|Spector in 2000]]
Ronnie and [[Phil Spector]] began having an affair soon after she was signed to his label in 1963.{{Sfn|Thompson|2003|pp=77-78}} Early in their relationship, she was unaware that he was married.{{Sfn|Thompson|2003|p=97}} Once, Ronnie was apprehended by house detectives for prostitution at the [[Delmonico Hotel]] in New York City after leaving a room they had booked. She was allowed to call Phil, who threatened the hotel, and then they allowed her to leave.{{Sfn|Thompson|2003|pp=97-98}} After Phil divorced his wife in 1965, he purchased a home in [[Beverly Hills]], where he lived with Ronnie.{{Sfn|Thompson|2003|p=98}} They married at [[Beverly Hills City Hall]] on April 14, 1968.{{Sfn|Thompson|2003|p=120}} Ronnie changed her surname and became known as Ronnie Spector.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ronnie Spector – Singer – Biography|publisher=[[Biography.com]]|url=https://www.biography.com/people/ronnie-spector-17172228 | access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> Their son Donté Phillip was adopted in 1969. Two years later, Phil surprised her for Christmas with adopted twins, Louis and Gary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ronnie-spector-interview-2013/|title=Ronnie Spector: The Original Icon|last=Muller|first=Marissa G.|date=November 12, 2013|website=Noisey}}</ref>

Ronnie alleged in her 1990 memoir that following their marriage, Phil subjected her to years of psychological torment and sabotaged her career by forbidding her to perform.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=McStarkey|first=Mick|date=August 10, 2021|title=How Ronnie Spector triumphed over evil to become a hero|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-ronnie-spector-became-a-hero/|work=[[Far Out Magazine]]|access-date=December 26, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> She said he surrounded their house with barbed wire and guard dogs, and confiscated her shoes to prevent her from leaving;<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/marriage-hit-wrong-chord-ronette-article-1.797108|title=MARRIAGE HIT WRONG CHORD, SAYS RONETTE|last=Arena|first=Salvatore|date=June 11, 1998|website=Daily News|location=New York}}</ref> on the rare occasions he allowed her out alone, she had to drive with a life-size dummy of Phil.<ref name=":1" /> She stated that Phil installed a gold coffin with a glass top in the basement, promising that he would kill her and display her corpse if she ever left him.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Harvey|first=Chris|date=January 17, 2019|title=Ronnie Spector interview: 'MeToo is now, but I've been living it my whole life'|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/ronnie-spector-interview-metoo-now-living-whole-life/|access-date=December 8, 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> She began drinking and attending [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (AA) meetings to escape the house.<ref name=":3" />

In 1972, Ronnie fled their mansion barefoot and without any belongings, with the help of her mother.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10676805/Ronnie-Spector-interview-The-more-Phil-tried-to-destroy-me-the-stronger-I-got.html|title=Entertainment|date=May 6, 2010|work=[[MSN Entertainment]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529103205/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=24160517&page=7|archive-date=May 29, 2014|url-status=dead|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|page=7}}</ref> "I knew that if I didn't leave I was going to die there," she said.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/06/spector200306|title=Legend with a Bullet|last=Anson|first=Robert Sam|date=June 2003|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> In their 1974 divorce settlement, Ronnie forfeited all future record earnings, alleging that Phil had threatened to have a [[Contract killing|hit man]] kill her.<ref name=":2" /> She received $25,000, a used car, and monthly alimony of $2,500 for five years.<ref name=":2" /> She later testified that Phil had frequently pulled a gun on her during their marriage and threatened to kill her unless she surrendered custody of their children.<ref name=":2" />

She tried to rebuild her career, keeping Spector's surname professionally because "I needed any way I could to get back in, I'd been kept away so long."<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Reid|date=June 5, 2007|title=Ronnie Spector Interviewed: Time has come today (2006)|url=https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/784/ronnie-spector-interviewed-time-has-come-today-2006/|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=Elsewhere by Graham Reid|language=en}}</ref> According to her, Phil hired lawyers to prevent her singing her popular songs and denied her royalties.<ref name=":6" /> In 1988, the Ronettes sued Phil for $10 million in damages, rescission of the contract, the return of the masters, and recoupment of money received from the sale of Ronettes masters.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Glenn|date=June 26, 1998|title=A 90's Refrain for a 60's Girl Group; Ronettes' Suit Says Phil Spector Owes Them $10 Million|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/26/nyregion/90-s-refrain-for-60-s-girl-group-ronettes-suit-says-phil-spector-owes-them-10.html|access-date=December 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It took 10 years for the case to make it to trial.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |date=1998-06-26 |title=A 90's Refrain for a 60's Girl Group; Ronettes' Suit Says Phil Spector Owes Them $10 Million |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/26/nyregion/90-s-refrain-for-60-s-girl-group-ronettes-suit-says-phil-spector-owes-them-10.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After a prolonged legal battle, the court ruled that their contract gave Phil unconditional rights to the recordings but Ronnie was entitled to her share of royalties.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />

In 1983,<!-- This is mentioned in her book. Do not change this to 1982. --> she married her manager Jonathan Greenfield.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KB8qEAAAQBAJ|title=Be My Baby: A Memoir Book by Ronnie Spector|date=May 3, 2022|access-date=April 8, 2024|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=9781250837202}}</ref> They had two sons, and lived in [[Danbury, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Tuccio, M.B. |date=May 15, 2012|url=https://www.ctpost.com/music/article/Beyond-the-Beehive-tells-Ronnie-Spector-s-life-3560791.php |title='Beyond the Beehive' tells Ronnie Spector's life story|work=[[Connecticut Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hardaway |first1=Liz |title=Ronnie Spector, lead of The Ronnettes, Danbury resident dies at 78 |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Ronnie-Spector-lead-of-The-Ronnettes-Danbury-16771326.php?src=nthpdesecp |newspaper=News-Times |date=January 13, 2022 |publisher=Hearst Connecticut Media |access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref>

Spector died at her home in Danbury<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Ronnie Spector, '60s icon who sang pop classic Be My Baby|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-ronnie-spector-60s-icon-who-sang-pop-classic-be-my-baby-3528397|access-date=2022-01-23|website=www.scotsman.com|date=January 17, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> on January 12, 2022, shortly after a cancer diagnosis, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-phil-spector-ronnie-spector-84c905db02a01ffa43a6052c3ce66920?|title = Ronnie Spector, '60s icon who sang 'Be My Baby,' dies at 78|last = Kennedy|first = Mark|work = [[Associated Press]]|date = January 12, 2022|accessdate = January 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Sisario|first1=Ben|last2=Coscarelli|first2=Joe|date=January 12, 2022|title=Ronnie Spector, Who Brought Edge to Girl-Group Sound, Dies at 78|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/arts/music/ronnie-spector-dead.html|access-date=January 13, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=grd1/>