Country Singer Mindy McCready Commits Suicide
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Wow.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Troubled country singer Mindy McCready has reportedly committed suicide.
McCready was 37.
She reportedly shot herself.
Malinda Gayle “Mindy” McCready was known for her debut album (1996′s “Ten Thousand Angels”) and a stint on “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.”
While McCready hadn’t charted in some time, she was a fixture in the tabloid TV and magazine world.
She was once engaged to actor Dean Cain. In 2005 an ex-boyfriend was arrested for attempted murder after he allegedly tried to choke her. She tried to overdose the following year. A year after that, she had a baby with the ex she said tried to kill her.
In 2008, she said she also tried to kill herself by slashing her wrists. Also that year, she told the New York Daily News that she had had a decade-long affair with baseball great Roger Clemens starting when she was 15. (Clemens said they were “close friends” but denied an affair.) Later, McCready said they met when she was 16 and the relationship didn’t become sexual until she was of age.
McCready was arrested half a dozen times due to drinking or her addiction to pain pills. She also ran afoul of the law for not reporting to her probation officer, for a battery against her mother, parole violations, DUIs and driving on a suspended license.
In April 2012, McCready gave birth to her second son. The child’s father, record producer David Wilson, died of an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound just last month.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Troubled country singer Mindy McCready has reportedly committed suicide.
McCready was 37.
She reportedly shot herself.
Malinda Gayle “Mindy” McCready was known for her debut album (1996′s “Ten Thousand Angels”) and a stint on “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.”
While McCready hadn’t charted in some time, she was a fixture in the tabloid TV and magazine world.
She was once engaged to actor Dean Cain. In 2005 an ex-boyfriend was arrested for attempted murder after he allegedly tried to choke her. She tried to overdose the following year. A year after that, she had a baby with the ex she said tried to kill her.
In 2008, she said she also tried to kill herself by slashing her wrists. Also that year, she told the New York Daily News that she had had a decade-long affair with baseball great Roger Clemens starting when she was 15. (Clemens said they were “close friends” but denied an affair.) Later, McCready said they met when she was 16 and the relationship didn’t become sexual until she was of age.
McCready was arrested half a dozen times due to drinking or her addiction to pain pills. She also ran afoul of the law for not reporting to her probation officer, for a battery against her mother, parole violations, DUIs and driving on a suspended license.
In April 2012, McCready gave birth to her second son. The child’s father, record producer David Wilson, died of an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound just last month.
Tennessee Racing
Formerly Stewart Fan
Sad situation. More proof of what drug use and a desperate need to regain fame can do to you.
Benevolent One
Team Owner
That guy is such a piece of ****. I just had a friend of mine get out of prison after 5 years for a relationship that started when the girl was 14. He was completely wrong and deserved the prison time. He had a really bad time in there, particularly at first. If he had Clemens' money he would have gotten away with it as well. It's a shame that Clemens's money bought his freedom. Of course she later changed her story. I wonder how much it cost him to have her do that.
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Gordon_Fan24
Guest
I would say it cost him a LOT...I always thought his story was stupid...they were "close friends", yeah it is perfectly normal for a guy that was his age to be "close friends" with a teenage girl..particularly a beautiful teenage girl....I mean really