HOLY KRAP! Country Star Mindy McReady Committed Suicide!

[Hardrock69]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/mindy-mccready-reportedly-commits-suicide-article-1.1266650



Country music star Mindy McCready commits suicide: report
The 37-year-old singer died Sunday night, her brother confirmed to the Daily News.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 9:15 PM
Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 9:15 PM

Country music star Mindy McCready has reportedly committed suicide.

The 37-year-old singer has died Sunday night, her brother confirmed to the Daily News.

Andrea Canning, a reporter with NBC Dateline, tweeted, “Just got a call from Mindy McCready's best friend that she shot and killed herself this evening. My heart breaks for her two boys. RIP”

McCready recorded five studio albums throughout her career, but she was perhaps best-known for her affair with former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens.

The singer, who had two young boys, had reportedly struggled with alcohol and mental health issues in recent months and had checked herself into an inpatient rehab facility two weeks ago after the death of her boyfriend, producer David Wilson.

Wilson’s death was initially reported as a suicide, but the sheriff's office in Cleburne County, Ark., has an opened an investigation into it.



Link to local Nashville TV Station:

http://www.wkrn.com/story/21229665/mindy-mccready-dead

[FORD]

Yet another casualty of "Celebrity Rehab". How many is that now, 5?

I had a feeling that she wasn't going to make it. Not a fan, but it's sad anyway. :(

[PETE'S BROTHER]

a waste, damn shame

[Hardrock69]

http://www.eonline.com/news/389186/mindy-mccready-country-singer-dead-at-37


I had hoped she would be ok, but it seemed like her life was just one disaster after another....

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I only think about those two kids....

[ashstralia]

terribly tragic. :(

[Sensible Shoes]

I have no idea who this is. Or why the local news would lead with it tonight.

[Northern Girl]

Third times the charm....

[Northern Girl]

Complete train wreck...




Singer Mindy McCready dead at age 37

Feb. 17, 2013, 9:48 PM EST

HEBER SPRINGS, Arkansas (AP) — Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. She was 37.

A news release from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said McCready was found dead with what appeared to be a single, self-inflicted wound. She was found on the front porch of a home.

Waren Olmstead, the county coroner, said McCready died Sunday in Heber Springs but couldn't immediately provide further details. He had no information on who was taking care of her two sons.

McCready arrived in Nashville in 1994 with tapes of her karaoke vocals and earned a recording contract with BNA Records.

In 1996, her "Guys Do It All the Time" hit No. 1 and its dig at male chauvinism endeared her to females. Her other hits included "Ten Thousand Angels," also in 1996, and her album by that title sold 2 million copies.

However, personal problems plagued her beginning in 2004 and included a custody battle with her mother over one of her sons.

McCready took her older son Zander from her mother and the boy's legal guardian, Gayle Inge, in late 2011. She fled to Arkansas without permission over what she called child abuse fears. Authorities eventually found McCready hiding in a residence without permission and took the boy into custody.

She and her boyfriend David Wilson had a son, Zayne, in April of 2012. The older son has a different father.

In May 2010, she was hospitalized briefly after police responded to an overdose call at a home in North Fort Myers, Florida, owned by her mother. This followed a stint on "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," where she delcared herself clean from drugs.

In 2004, she was charged with obtaining the painkiller OxyContin fraudulently at a pharmacy. She pleaded guilty and was placed on three years' probation.

She violated the probation with a drunken driving arrest in May 2005. Then she attempted suicide in July 2005, overdosed in September 2005 and slit her wrists again in December 2008.

Also that year, McCready was charged in Arizona with hindering prosecution and unlawful use of transportation. Those charges stemmed from an alleged attempt in June 2005 to purchase two high performance boats, but she claimed she was trying to stop a con man.

Growing up in Fort Myers, she took seven years of private vocal lessons and later sang in karaoke bars.

After getting her recording contract, she did concert appearances with top country stars including George Strait, Tim McGraw and Alan Jackson.

Her other singles included "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now," ''A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" and "You'll Never Know."

[Nitro Express]

I didn't even know who she was.

[FORD]

I have no idea who this is. Or why the local news would lead with it tonight.

She had a couple of big country hits several years ago....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzzY3r_0Ec

...decent voice, for that sort of music. But it seems like all 10,000 of those angels lost her phone number.

[SunisinuS]

Sigh....god I was still rooting for her.



RIP Girl. I am losing another friend I am sure soon to this same type of dispair....God Help Him.

[SunisinuS]

Alcoholism is a bitch.

[ashstralia]

Sigh... I am losing another friend I am sure soon to this same type of dispair....God Help Him.

intervention, maybe?

[SunisinuS]

intervention, maybe?

We have been trying....lost my mom to manic-depressive....this guy is a grown man determined to meet the same fate....he needs professional help and not my fist stopping him....I hope his rock bottom is just jail...not suicide. My boss and myself have spent all weekend and months before that trying to save his life....he just wants to drink himself to death.

[Northern Girl]

Has Dr. Drew had any success stories on that show? Just curious. Haven't had MTV for 10 years.

[FORD]

Has Dr. Drew had any success stories on that show? Just curious. Haven't had MTV for 10 years.

Tom Sizemore seems to be doing well. And last I heard, Steven Adler was staying out of trouble. Of course that wasn't the first trip to rehab for either of them.

[Hardrock69]

Of course I have friends who were friends with Mindy. Lotta sadness in Nashville for the next week....

[ashstralia]

We have been trying....lost my mom to manic-depressive....this guy is a grown man determined to meet the same fate....he needs professional help and not my fist stopping him....I hope his rock bottom is just jail...not suicide. My boss and myself have spent all weekend and months before that trying to save his life....he just wants to drink himself to death.

that's horrible. heartbreaking, dude. feeling for ya.

[envy_me]

This pisses me off. I am aware that many of you won't agree with me.
She has two suicide attempts behind her before this one. Yet she chose to put another child into this world just last year. What's wrong with people? She was aware that she has huge problems yet chose to make two human beings dependent on her.
The only ones I feel sorry for are her kids.

And I can understand about wanting to end your own life. I know the death can sometimes feel like a more humane option then the terrible suffering of psychological conditions. But if you wanna have the option of a suicide, don't make any children.

[envy_me]

We have been trying....lost my mom to manic-depressive....this guy is a grown man determined to meet the same fate....he needs professional help and not my fist stopping him....I hope his rock bottom is just jail...not suicide. My boss and myself have spent all weekend and months before that trying to save his life....he just wants to drink himself to death.

I have a friend who is bi-polar. She got diagnosed when we went to school, she was 17. Had a really bad psychosis. And she is also alcoholic by now. We have been trying to help her for years and years now.
Alcohol isn't helping her condition.

[Nitro Express]

I have a friend who is bi-polar. She got diagnosed when we went to school, she was 17. Had a really bad psychosis. And she is also alcoholic by now. We have been trying to help her for years and years now.
Alcohol isn't helping her condition.

Our next door neighbor has a daughter who is bipolar. She didn't have a drinking problem but she just was nuts to the level it destroyed her marriage and she ended up back home living with her parents. Her daughter would come over and play with our daughter so we got to know her through that relationship. Her depression would go in waves and then her dad died. That threw her way out of whack and she never pulled out of it. Frankly we were worried she would commit suicide and her aged mom couldn't handle the situation. Her ex-husband came and got the daughter and she was committed to the state mental hospital. She got the help she needed and they got her on the right medication and she's out and can work a job. She graduated from college with a very high grade point average and is not a stupid person, she was just nuts and nobody knew how to help her. Sometimes a professional can save them. Getting sent to the mental hospital probably saved her life. Some people need that level of help to go on with life. People need to understand it's not always a negative thing. Her family did everything they could think of but this was a case that needed a professional and fortunately the people at the state mental hospital did an excellent job with her.

[Nitro Express]

This pisses me off. I am aware that many of you won't agree with me.
She has two suicide attempts behind her before this one. Yet she chose to put another child into this world just last year. What's wrong with people? She was aware that she has huge problems yet chose to make two human beings dependent on her.
The only ones I feel sorry for are her kids.

And I can understand about wanting to end your own life. I know the death can sometimes feel like a more humane option then the terrible suffering of psychological conditions. But if you wanna have the option of a suicide, don't make any children.

You have to realize you are thinking logically but she isn't. People with those kind of problems are in a whole different kind of mind state.

[Nitro Express]

A lot of people who are suicidal are in a situation they just want the bullshit to stop. They want it to end. So the problem has to be defined and solved. Once that process takes place and the person can deal with it, they usually are ok.

There was this one guy who wanted to end it all and so he jumped off a bridge. What he didn't know is there was some suspended scaffolding under the bridge and he landed on that and broke some bones. It saved his life. When his brother asked him what went through his mind when he jumped he said relief. Then he smashed into the scaffolding and ended up in agonizing pain until someone heard his screams. Life is a bitch.

[envy_me]

You have to realize you are thinking logically but she isn't. People with those kind of problems are in a whole different kind of mind state.

But without going too personal I have had some problems. Even when I was at the bottom I knew if I would get pregnant by mistake I'd HAVE to get an abortion, for the good of everybody. Luckaly it never got to that point.
Maybe I was thinking like that cause ever since I was young I knew that I didn't want biological children, I always said if I was gonna have a kid I am gonna adopt.

Even now when my life is great, I don't want to put a child into this world. We are over populated as it is. And where is the world going. Economy, enviroment, globalisation, etc. I don't want to have to worry. I like my peace of mind.

[Nitro Express]

The same people selling that overpopulation bit are the same people who have raped the third world through the International Monetary Fund. A bunch of bankers trying to control the world and they need a reduced population to do it. Actually if we had the financing to use our current technology the world population could live at a high standard of living. In fact, the modern western countries are aging. You need to have 2.1 children to maintain your population. A young population is actually an asset. Who is doing to take care of you when you are old? You are seeing places like Russia and Japan starting to encourage people to have children. If the French want to remain on the planet they better start popping them out. LOL! The main problem the world has is we need a different group of people over the central banking system. Then we could have a better standard of living world wide and end all the fear mongering bullshit they sell.

[envy_me]

The same people selling that overpopulation bit are the same people who have raped the third world through the International Monetary Fund. A bunch of bankers trying to control the world and they need a reduced population to do it. Actually if we had the financing to use our current technology the world population could live at a high standard of living. In fact, the modern western countries are aging. You need to have 2.1 children to maintain your population. A young population is actually an asset. Who is doing to take care of you when you are old? You are seeing places like Russia and Japan starting to encourage people to have children. If the French want to remain on the planet they better start popping them out. LOL!

That is one strategy some groups of people have. Multiply to make a majority and get the power. Doesn't say anything wether we are overpopulated or not.
There should be a balance. The way population has grown lately is not balanced.
And then we have the modern colonisation that also doesn't make me wanna have kids.

There are other factors, but whatever..

[Nitro Express]

That is one strategy some groups of people have. Multiply to make a majority and get the power. Doesn't say anything wether we are overpopulated or not.
There should be a balance. The way population has grown lately is not balanced.
And then we have the modern colonisation that also doesn't make me wanna have kids.

There are other factors, but whatever..

I'm just saying don't let a bunch of biased information with an agenda influence you from what you want to do. Have kids because YOU want them. Sure you have to sacrifice some things and they come first but I wouldn't trade our three kids for anything. We waited until I had a good job before we had any though. Children raised right are an asset. Trying to manage the population never works. China's one child policy is biting them on the ass. Everyone wants a boy there so they aborted or killed the girl children. Then since they have one child they spoil them rotten. It's going to be a nation of spoiled men with no women and that is one big mess.

[envy_me]

A lot of people who are suicidal are in a situation they just want the bullshit to stop. They want it to end. So the problem has to be defined and solved. Once that process takes place and the person can deal with it, they usually are ok.

There was this one guy who wanted to end it all and so he jumped off a bridge. What he didn't know is there was some suspended scaffolding under the bridge and he landed on that and broke some bones. It saved his life. When his brother asked him what went through his mind when he jumped he said relief. Then he smashed into the scaffolding and ended up in agonizing pain until someone heard his screams. Life is a bitch.

One of the big philosophies in religion is that death is the worst thing that can happend to you. The suicide is the ultimate sin.
That is the difference between me and religious people. There are far worst faiths in life then death. Death is pretty good compared to other things. For example, when I was about 5 years old I was visiting my grandparents in another town. One afternoon I was sitting outside alone, just playing on my own when two men drove by in a car and tried to lure me in. They'd give me candy if I got in the car. My grandmother had warned me for this cause these things happend a lot. Then they sell the kids to Italy and you figure out the rest. I ran away so they didn't get me. But I'd choose death over being sold to pedophiles. Death is to perfer.

But when you have kids, suicide just shouldn't be an option.

[Nitro Express]

I've just seen too many old dudes who put off having children and then they finally marry a younger wife and have kids and they wonder why they put it off all those years. LOL!

[envy_me]

I'm just saying don't let a bunch of biased information with an agenda influence you from what you want to do. Have kids because YOU want them. Sure you have to sacrifice some things and they come first but I wouldn't trade our three kids for anything. We waited until I had a good job before we had any though. Children raised right are an asset. Trying to manage the population never works. China's one child policy is biting them on the ass. Everyone wants a boy there so they aborted or killed the girl children. Then since they have one child they spoil them rotten. It's going to be a nation of spoiled men with no women and that is one big mess.

Even if the global issues weren't a problem, I am a worrier, I'd worry about everything. I just feel much better without that burden. And if I ever feel that I have to have a child, I will adopt.

[envy_me]

I've just seen too many old dudes who put off having children and then they finally marry a younger wife and have kids and they wonder why they put it off all those years. LOL!

Yeah, read Caitlin Morans book How to be a woman, the chapter about giving birth. It's different for men. I don't want them sticking needles in my spine. I don 't want to have my vagina destroyed and then reconstructed again. I don't want to go through hours of labour.

[Nitro Express]

Yeah, read Caitlin Morans book How to be a woman, the chapter about giving birth. It's different for men. I don't want them sticking needles in my spine. I don 't want to have my vagina destroyed and then reconstructed again. I don't want to go through hours of labour.

Believe me. It's easier on us if you have the needle in your back. LOL! That stops all the screaming.

[Nitro Express]

Even if the global issues weren't a problem, I am a worrier, I'd worry about everything. I just feel much better without that burden. And if I ever feel that I have to have a child, I will adopt.

I just figure we haven't destroyed ourselves yet and any day above ground is a good day. You just have to live your life and do what YOU want to do because you will regret not doing it later. You don't want to be the old person going "I coulda, woulda, shoulda...". I have found the world is much different than what the news tells us it is. We get bombarded with all this negative bullshit and it tends to make people more negative and maybe that's the agenda. I just think people are addicted to drama.

[envy_me]

I just figure we haven't destroyed ourselves yet and any day above ground is a good day. You just have to live your life and do what YOU want to do because you will regret not doing it later. You don't want to be the old person going "I coulda, woulda, shoulda...". I have found the world is much different than what the news tells us it is. We get bombarded with all this negative bullshit and it tends to make people more negative and maybe that's the agenda. I just think people are addicted to drama.

"Better have kids just in case I regret not having them" is not a good reason.

I just wish that people who don't have optimal conditions should reconsider having babies.

[envy_me]

Sorry for going off topic. But it's better with a relevant discussion then "RIP" post after post.

[Nitro Express]

You certainly have to be able to financially and emotionally care for a baby. It's a lot of work. The thing is a woman needs to decide what she wants because the biological clock is ticking and the older you are the harder it is on you. Biologically we are made to start making families in our teens but the world changed and the lifespans got longer. In the roman empire the average life expectancy for a male was 24 years old. It was less for a woman. You met your mate, popped out some kids and then died soon. Life was short and probably not too exciting. The industrial revolution and technological revolution gave us longer lives and more choices but we are still biologically suited for the old days of short lives.

[envy_me]

I understand that. I just don't want to have children.

[Nitro Express]

Those vagina wreckers. I must say, it's quite a mess when they come out.

[envy_me]

Maybe we should start another thread about vagina wrecking. Out of the respect for the deceased.
Yeah, I'll start a Giving birth thread.

[clarathecarrot]

I was flipping channels when this story broke last night hung at CNN for 30 seconds and they already had that fuckhead DR. Drew on to comment I turned the channel before he could speak and won't view anymore about it.

Dr Drew has made more money off drug addicts that a 12th street crack dealer. Dr Drew appeares the same as, to me.

My X, loves to sing Kareoke and has several Mindy tunes that she does great on. I have never seen her sing she started doing that after we were done word is she has a great voice, my X and Mindy.

RIP

[ZahZoo]

Of course I have friends who were friends with Mindy. Lotta sadness in Nashville for the next week....

It's somewhat strange... this whole thing played out in the town where I live. Some folks I've talked to are more distraught because she shot her dog before turning the gun on herself...

[SunisinuS]

It's somewhat strange... this whole thing played out in the town where I live. Some folks I've talked to are more distraught because she shot her dog before turning the gun on herself...

All I can say is thank god those kids had been taken from her already.....fuck....if she wanted her dog in hell/heaven with her she would have only had to wait a few more years for sparkie to catch up.... :lever:

[Matt White]

Terrible..............

addiction is the worst..............

RIP

[Northern Girl]

I was flipping channels when this story broke last night hung at CNN for 30 seconds and they already had that fuckhead DR. Drew on to comment I turned the channel before he could speak and won't view anymore about it.

Dr Drew has made more money off drug addicts that a 12th street crack dealer. Dr Drew appeares the same as, to me.


This is apparently the 5th "Celebrity Rehab" patient to die. Maybe Dr. Drew should shut the fuck up.

[clarathecarrot]

This is apparently the 5th "Celebrity Rehab" patient to die. Maybe Dr. Drew should shut the fuck up.



Probably a sweet kid having a bad time surrounded by bad people trying to find one who cares on a TV Show, is major grasping at straws.

I know why most are on that show..out of work and need drug money.

[SunisinuS]

intervention, maybe?

Just found out he is again in the hospital and since he is has been told he is evicted, so he better ask for a few extra nights. Waste of chance after chance. Third time in the hospital in the space of two months. Gets out, stays sober a few days....drinks for 3 weeks straight until straight back into the hospital. Sad.

[TFM_Dale]

I didn't even know who she was when I seen the news, my wife was a big fan though but said she has been on a downward spiral for awhile now. Regardless, very sad when somebody thinks suicide is the best choice they have.

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[Nickdfresh]

I've barely heard of her, but it seems to be saddest of for the young children that are now orphans...

[Fairwrning]

Some people should not have kids...sad shit..these kids now have to live with both parents killing themselves..

[BITEYOASS]

Yeah, read Caitlin Morans book How to be a woman, the chapter about giving birth. It's different for men. I don't want them sticking needles in my spine. I don 't want to have my vagina destroyed and then reconstructed again. I don't want to go through hours of labour.

"Vaginal Destruction" will be the name of my next album made by a band that I hope to start called "Justifiable Torture". This will be after the "Waterboard Confessions" album of course. :bigwink:

[DLR Bridge]

I can't believe that I just read she shot and killed her dog first before killing her self. Thank God she didn't take her kids out in murder-suicide fashion, but really? The dog had to go?

[jhale667]

Yeah, WTF did the dog do to deserve that shit?

[Hardrock69]

Not a motherfucking thing. :mad:

[Nitro Express]

The sad thing is this probably will boost Dr. Drew's ratings.

[ELVIS]

We need a Dr. Drew Celebrity Death poll...


:killer:

[Northern Girl]

The dog was her dead boyfriends, I guess. The boyfriend kills himself in the same spot a week earlier? Makes me wonder if they had a suicide pact and she couldn't go through with it the first time.

It's too bad she only found other messed up people to hang with, but that's the usual route, I guess.

[ashstralia]

*waiting for a nitro story

[ZahZoo]

The sad thing is this probably will boost Dr. Drew's ratings.

From what I hear our local sheriff is in 7th heaven with all the media attention this deal is getting. Heard yesterday that TMZ was up here interviewing the sheriff and they spent considerable time on the dog angle. Plus the on-going investigation of the boy-friend's death... which officially is still ruled as suspicious by law enforcement but it was McReady's publicist that called it "suicide" and the rest of the press ran with it.

[jhale667]

Actually from what I heard on TV yesterday (albeit briefly) this isn't going to help Dr. Drew - this is the 5th suicide/death related to his show... some success rate, huh?

[envy_me]

I wonder, does a person who REALLY wants help go to Dr. Drew and does it on TV? I doubt it.

[jhale667]

I wonder, does a person who REALLY wants help go to Dr. Drew and does it on TV? I doubt it.

If you're a celeb attention whore - SURE! "Wait, I can do the rehab thing AND boost my career?"

[sadaist]

I only think about those two kids....


Thankfully she didn't take them with her like she did the dog. I think Dr. Drew is the devil.

[jhale667]

Thankfully she didn't take them with her like she did the dog. I think Dr. Drew is the devil.

He's looking more and more like an opportunistic douchebag rather than a caring intervention specialist every day...

[ZahZoo]

I wonder, does a person who REALLY wants help go to Dr. Drew and does it on TV? I doubt it.

If you want serious help you appear on the Jerry Springer show...

[jhale667]

I thought that was just if you wanted to know who your baby daddy is...? :confused:

[Hardrock69]

:hee: