Mindy McCready dead at the age of 37

[Samus Aran]

CNN Entertainment story link

Country music star Mindy McCready was found dead Sunday at her home in Arkansas from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the local sheriff's office said in a statement. She was 37.

Deputies from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a report of gunshots fired Sunday afternoon and found McCready's body on the front porch, the statement read.

McCready leaves behind two boys, one of whom is 10 months old. The infant's father, record producer David Wilson, died of an apparent suicide last month.

The singer struggled with addiction and mental illness, often publicly. She appeared in an episode of "Celebrity Rehab" three years ago with Dr. Drew Pinsky, who said he contacted her last month after her boyfriend's death.

I remember how big of a splash she made when she first entered the music scene, but before you knew it she was done. I knew she went through a lot of personal problems afterward, but I didn't know her boyfriend died in an apparent suicide last month (which is still an open investigation). Always horrible when a parent commits suicide and leaves children behind.

[ChadFL]

RIP. Not really a surprise. The woman was a train wreck. She also had a creepy affair with MLB player Roger Clemens beginning when she was 15 or 16 years old.