Susan Adams
| Susan Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Adams May 27, 1936 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| 💀Died | June 18, 2016 (aged 80) Tarzana, California, U.S.June 18, 2016 (aged 80) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | John Phillips (m. 1957; div. 1962) |
| 👶 Children | 2, including Mackenzie Phillips and Jeffrey Phillips |
Susan “Suzy” Phillips-January (nee Adams; May 27, 1936 – June 18, 2016) was an American TV personality best known as the first wife of the Mamas & the Papas leader John Phillips. During their five-year marriage, Phillips began his professional music career with the folk trio The Journeymen.
Early life and family
Adams was born on May 27, 1936, in Baltimore, Maryland. She was raised in a prominent and wealthy Virginia family.
Marriage to John Phillips
Adams met John Phillips in the mid-1950s. The couple married on May 7, 1957. During the early years of their marriage, they resided in Alexandria, Virginia, and later moved to New York City as Phillips sought success in the American folk music revival. The couple had two children: Jeffrey Phillips & Mackenzie Phillips (born 1959), who later became a well-known actress and singer. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Susan supported John's early career moves, including the formation of his group, The Journeymen. However, the marriage began to strain as Phillips spent significant time touring.
Divorce
While touring California with The Journeymen in the early 1960s, John Phillips met a teenager named Holly Michelle Gilliam. Phillips began an extramarital affair with Gilliam, which ultimately led to the dissolution of his marriage to Adams. Susan and John divorced in 1962. Shortly after the divorce was finalized, John married Michelle on December 31, 1962.
Later life and death
Following her divorce from Phillips, Adams largely withdrew from the public eye, though she remained a figure of interest in biographies regarding the Mamas and the Papas due to her role in the group's "pre-history" and her children's later fame. Adams spent her later years in California. She died on June 18, 2016, in Tarzana, Los Angeles, at the age of 80.
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