The net worth of Lesley Gore, an American singer, was $5 million.
Gore was an accomplished singer, songwriter, actress, and environmentalist.
“It’s My Party” was recorded by her in 1963 when she was 16 years old, and she went on to produce additional chart-topping songs like “Judy’s Turn to Cry” and “You Don’t Own Me” later that year.
During the 60’s, Gore’s songs were widely popular.
Gore worked as an actress and collaborated with her brother, Michael Gore, for the 1980 movie Fame, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. In 2005, she recorded Ever Since, her first album of new material since Love Me By Name in 1976, with producer/songwriter Blake Morgan for small independent label Engine Company Records. The album received positive reviews from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, and other national media, and Gore hosted the PBS TV show In the Life in 2004.
In 2005, she disclosed in an interview that she was a lesbian.
Gore had been living with her spouse for more than 23 years when the interview was conducted.
Lois Sasson, a jewelry designer, was said to be Gore’s partner at the time of his death, and the couple had been together for 33 years.
At the NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, Gore succumbed to lung cancer.