Sue Thompson was born Eva Sue McKee on July 19, 1925 in
Nevada, Missouri. She is best known for the hits "Sad Movies (Make
Me Cry)" and "Norman", both hits for her in the 1960s.
The songs were both hits on the Pop charts. During World War II, she
worked at a defense plant and married when she was 20, and had a
daughter. Her marriage however, wasn't as successful as planned and she
and her husband split up after three years. In 1965, Sue had her last
big pop hit with "Paper Tiger" written by John D. Loudermilk,
which was a Top 30 hit on the Pop charts. In the 1990s she settled in
Las Vegas. Sue Thompson died at her daughter's home in Pahrump, Nevada,
on September 23, 2021, at the age of 96
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