Mindy McCready, a Singer Long Troubled, Dies at 37 Her life was one of Those aching odysseys sermonized redundantly across the musical landscape in Which she performed. The rocket rise to stardom. The volcanic men. The depression. The drugs and booze. The Brushes With The Law. The heartache. The suicide attempts.
Such Were the tangled threads of the country music singer Mindy McCready, who never seem to outrun Could life's ill winds.
In an interview with The Associated Press three years ago, she Summarized her stormy world as "a giant whirlwind of chaos all the time," adding, "My Entire life things have been Attracted to me and vice versa That turn into chaotic nightmares or I create the chaos myself. "
On Sunday afternoon, the 37-year-old singer was found dead on the front porch of her house in Heber Springs, Ark., Of what the police said Appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Her death Followed the most recent implosion of her personal life. Just last month, David Wilson, a music producer who was her boyfriend, was found dead at Also Their home from a gunshot wound. His death is still being investigated by the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office. Ms. McCready had denied any Involvement in it.
Earlier This Month, her two young sons Were Removed by Local Authorities.
Long before the tumult and tragedy kicked in, she likened her narrative to a Cinderella story.