GROSSE POINTE FARMS Motown has lost its “Angel of Jazz.” Surrounded by family, businesswoman and philanthropist Gretchen Carhartt Valade, 97, died at her Grosse Pointe Farms home Dec. 30.
Detroit's "Angel of Jazz" is gone, but her legacy and passion won't fade anytime soon.
Born into the old-money wealth of the Carhartt family, Gretchen Valade found her passion in music. And she projected that passion in a way that will endure for Detroit long past her Dec. 30 death at 97 years…