Yvonne Mooney Wiki and Biography
Yvonne Mooney is an American actress who is best known for being Paul Mooney’s Ex-wife. She featured in the movies, Which Way Is Up? (1977) and The Richard Pryor Special? (1977).
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, social critic, and actor, best known as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor, playing singer Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story, Junebug in Bamboozled, and his appearances on Chappelle’s Show.
Paul Mooney died from a heart attack on May 19, 2021, at his home in Oakland, California. He was 79 years old.
Yvonne Mooney & Paul Mooney
Yvonne and Paul got married back in 1973. Together they built a family: Four sons and a daughter. Dwayne Mooney, Symeon Mooney, Daryl Mooney, Shane Mooney, and Spring Mooney.
Marriage in the spotlight proved to be difficult and the couple divorced.
Who was Paul Mooney Dating at the time of his death?
After the divorce, Paul has been spotted with other women, Lorri Petty and Stacy J.
As of 2018, he has been sharing a romantic bond with the singer Chaka Khan.
Chaka Khan is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the “Queen of Funk”, Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with “I Feel for You” in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.
With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. In the course of her solo career, Khan achieved three gold singles, three gold albums, and one platinum album with I Feel for You. She has collaborated with Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, among others.
In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance artist of all time.
Yvonne Mooney Net Worth
Yvonne is estimated to have a net worth of around $10 million.