Quick Facts of Rita Wright

  • Full NameRita Wright
  • Date of Birth03 August, 1946
  • NicknameSyreeta
  • Marital Status Married
  • BirthplaceAmerican
  • Ethnicity Black
  • ProfessionSinger
  • Eye colour Black
  • Hair colour Black
  • BuildSlim
  • SpouseSteve Wonder (m. 1970–1972), Curtis Robertson Jr. (ex)
  • Online PresenceFacebook
  • Children4
  • Horoscope Leo
syreeta wright

Syreeta Wright, a Motown recording artist and songwriter who collaborated with Signed, Sealed, Shipped I’m Yours, and If You Really Love Me in writing hits. Wright died from cancer at the age of 58. In the same way, she is also popular as an ex-wife of an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer Stevie Wonder.

From her flourishing career, Wright had earned an extraordinary amount to her bank account. What’s her net worth? If you want to collect all the information about Wright’s personal and professional life, then you read the whole article.

Syreeta’s Net Worth

Wright’s gained a reasonably decent amount of money from her solo career as an artist. Yet at the moment the specifics of her net worth are not available as she never disclosed it when she was alive. From her successful musical journey, Wright had collected a net worth in millions. Her ex-husband Stevie Wonder has a net worth of $110 million.

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Wonder is an American musician, singer, and record producer. There is no denying that Syreeta enjoyed a rich and lavish lifestyle until she was alive. However, there is no information about the house she lived and the cars she rides. Also, there is no information about her other assets and properties.

Married Life

Despite having a very successful career, Wright was unable to make her personal life perfect. She had to struggle a lot to find a perfect soulmate. In the juggling phase of her life, Syreeta married thrice in her life. Her first marriage with popular singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder lasted for only eighteen months. The former couple exchanged their wedding vows in the year 1970, in a private ceremony hall.

Syreeta with her former partner
Wright with her first husband Stevie, Photo Source: Facebook

Unfortunately, the duo failed to continue their relationship, and finally, the decision to divorce in 1972. The reason behind their separation is still not available. Wright later married the bassist Curtis Robertson Jr. in 1975, following her brief break with Stevie. The couple lived a very blissful life until 1982 when the couple began having issues with their relationship. Again with her second spouse, Robertson Jr. Wright filed for a divorce.

Wright lived briefly in Ethiopia in the mid-1970s, where she worked as a Transcendental Meditation instructor. She ended up living in Los Angeles where she lived the majority of her life. After her third marriage, Wright turned to Islam. Details about her last marriage are not available. Syreeta’s last husband always likes to live a low key life, so there is no proper information about him. Her ex-husband was also in a marital relationship with Robyn Bracy and Kai Millard Morris.

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Mother of Four Kids

In all, from her three marriages, Syreeta had four children. Wright never had a child with her first husband Stevie but she had two children each with her second and third spouse.

Wright's family
Wright’s husband and children, Picture Source: Facebook

She gave birth to Jamal Robertson in 1976 with Robertson, and to Hodari Robertson in 1979. She shares two children, Harmoni and Takiyah Muhammad with her third partner.In 2004, Wright died of congestive heart failure, a side effect of chemotherapy and radiation treatments for breast and bone cancer she was undergoing. Wright was buried in the Cemetery at Inglewood Park.