'It's My Party' singer-songwriter Lesley Gore dies at 68 in Manhattan.

AuthorKennedy, Mark
PositionNews - Obituary

Byline: MARK KENNEDY

NEW YORK -- Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, ''It's My Party,'' and followed it up with the hits ''Judy's Turn to Cry,'' and the feminist anthem ''You Don't Own Me,'' died Monday. She was 68.

Gore died of lung cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, according to her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson.

''She was a wonderful human being -- caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human being, great humanitarian,'' Sasson, a jewelry designer, told The Associated Press.

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