Very sad. RIP.

Horrible and very sad.....

R.I.P.

This has apparently been confirmed by E! Online.

http://www.eonline.com/ne...dead-at-37

She's had a long history of psychological and alcohol/substance abuse issues, and her boyfriend was found shot to death three weeks ago. It was assumed that he killed himself either accidentally or by committing suicide, but some rumors claim she may have shot and killed him herself, and the case is still under investigation.

I just gotten the bad news about Mindy a minute ago.

SOURCE:

http://music.yahoo.com/bl...42125.html

According to various media sources, including E! Online, The Wrap, and TMZ, troubled country singer Mindy McCready, age 37, has died of an apparent suicide, the result of a self-inflicted gunshot. According to E! News, McCready shot herself and her dog. The Associated Press reportsthat her body was found on the front porch of her home in Heber Springs, Arkansas, after neighbors heard gunshots and called the police.

McCready leaves behind two children, 6-year-old Zander and 9-month-old Zayne. Her death comes just a little more than a month after the death of her boyfriend, songwriter David Wilson, age 34. Wilson's death is still under investigation.

McCready's tragic death follows a recent commitment to rehab and her children being removed from her home. A petition filed by McCready’s father revealed serious issues in the singer’s life, including alcohol and prescription drug abuse, as well as erratic behavior. According to a report from E!, who exclusively obtained the file, Tim McCready attested that his daughter had taken to her bed since the death of her boyfriend last month. “Sleeps all day,” he reported. “Drinks all night and is taking Rx drugs.”

Furthermore, McCready’s dad detailed that his daughter was refusing to bathe, was not taking care of her two young sons, and was acting violently. “Screams about everything,” he recorded. “Trying to hit father. Is not making any sense of any conversations with anyone.” The elder McCready also noted that Mindy was “very verbally abusive” to her older son.

The judge in the case responded to this by ordering admission to an inpatient facility for up to three weeks, stating: “There is cause to find there is clear and convincing evidence that Respondent is in imminent danger of harm to herself or others, suicidal or gravely disabled." E! additionally reported that Tim McCready’s former son-in-law, Billy McKnight--who is Zander’s father--filed motions in family court a week ago seeking detailed investigation into Mindy’s ability to care for their son. Both of Mindy's children were subsequently taken into custody by state family services.

Interestingly, E! reports that Mindy's father had been staying with her at her Arkansas home until Sunday morning, the day of her death. When he left, "she was in good spirits and seemed to be fine," a source told E! News.

She was only 15 years old when she began a decade-long affair with 29-year-old Roger Clemens, he is partly responsible for her troubled life.

RIP Mindy

Where were her parents when she was messing with Roger?

RIP

And no one around her including her family thought to check if the mentally unstable Mindy just might have a gun??? Thank goodness only the dog was home and not her children.

While half-expected, her suicide is no less shocking. She'd been spinning out of control for a long time, courting death.

The poor woman had tried to end her life many times previously, and this time she was successful. Another miserable person gone prematurely. I feel so

sorry for her young children and those who loved her.

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I don't know who she is but in order to leave such young children like that, she was really battling some serious demons. I hope one day we start to take depression and mental illness for both women AND men more seriously in our society and stop sweeping it under the rug. I see it every day, everywhere I go and, again, no one really wants to talk about it.

Watched that "the view" episode - thanks for posting that .. it was nice to see Mindy in a positive frame although i always cringe when an alcoholic says something like "oh i still drink socially" ...

sigh .

I never knew Mindy when she was a singer . But i watched celebrity rehab alot - what I was amazed with - in her story - was how beautiful a person she was ... sure she had gotten older ... but she realy had a beautiful soul ...

I heard this on the way to work today and I have to say ... i felt alittle cheated . FOr her but also for her kids . When her boyfriend commited suicide sheesh ... she should have realized her kids need her ... dang .

This totally SUX in every regard...bad end to a tough struggle.

Always felt for her & hoped she'd pull through it all somehow.

I saw this coming years ago. R.I.P.

Ugh, she shot her dog first, before turning the gun on herself.

It's sad that some people feel so depressed and without other options that they feel the only way to go is suicide. According to Dr. Drew, he had just spoken to McCready a few days ago. He said she had been doing really well until last month when her bf killed himself. After checking into a mental health facility, she quickly left because she was afraid of the stigma that the press and the public attach to patients.

Anyway she was briefly a top country star in the mid 90s until her problems began and it would be nice to remember her for her biggest hits:

"Ten Thousand Angels"

"Guys Do It All The Time"

"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now"

"A Girl's Gotta Do (What A Girl's Gotta Do)"

"You'll Never Know"

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lazycrockett said:

Ugh, she shot her dog first, before turning the gun on herself.

At least Mindy McCready didn't go Chris Benoit-style by murdering her children along with killing herself.

Just saying.

The children were in foster care when she killed herself. I fear she might have done something unspeakable had they been in the home with her.

Identity said:

The children were in foster care when she killed herself. I fear she might have done something unspeakable had they been in the home with her.

Good thing.

I was trying to watch more on this story but something is wrong with the E! channel here in NY... for some reason it keeps flipping from E! programs to showing the Weather Channel... DAMMIT E! FIX THIS PROBLEM!!

I don't mean to speak ill of the dead...

But wasn't she the one who had that sex tape a couple of years ago?

In 2010, Vivid Entertainment released an unauthorized sex tape which bore the name Baseball Mistress, featuring her and a former lover.

ma tried to get me to watch Mob Wives with her to talk to me about my self-esteem which i'm getting a handle on anyway . this woman's kids have no mother to talk to about anything . again, just another day like no other.

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