Ronnie Spector’s husband says the ‘Be My Baby’ singer ‘was in a wonderful place’ before her death at 78

Zendaya was chosen by Ronnie Spector to play her in an upcoming biopic.

"Ronnie walked out on stage singing ‘Walking in the Rain,’ swaying back and forth to the rhythm," Jonathan Greenfield, Spector’s husband of nearly 40 years, told People magazine on Tuesday. "I was pretty convinced that when God created woman that it would look just like Ronnie did when I saw her that night at the Garden."

The pair wouldn’t meet until 1978 when Greenfield was stage managing an off-Broadway production of "The Neon Woman." The star, along with others, including Debbie Harry, was in the audience. At some point in the evening, Greenfield found the courage to approach Spector.