Music legend Diana Ross turns 80 (25 images)

By Wade Sheridan

Music icon Diana Ross, best known as the lead singer of The Supremes and for her hit songs "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "I'm Coming Out" and "Endless Love," turns 80 on Tuesday. Ross also starred in films such as "Lady Sings the Blues" and "The Wiz." Here's a look back at her career through the years.

Diana Ross attends the "VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross" special in New York City on April 9, 2000. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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Left to right, Tony Bennett, Ross, Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters pose together for the Recording Academy Heroes Award 2000 ceremony in New York City on December 5, 2000. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI

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Ross sings "God Bless America" prior to the September 21, 2001 New York Mets v. Atlanta Braves Game at Shea Stadium, the first game to be played in New York since the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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Ross and her children arrive for the November 11, 2001, New York premiere of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI

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