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polly7

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30. I wondered that too,

Reply to ecstatic (Reply #19)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 01:48 PM

Feb 2013

but I think a lot of seriously depressed people hide really well the means they have to commit the act ... it's the only control when everything else is out of control ... maybe no-one else knew she had it?

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Mindy McCready singer of "Guys Do it All the Time" shoots and kills herself [View all] sad-cafe Feb 2013 OP

How tragic. Lil Missy Feb 2013 #1

Don't know anything about her, but this is sad news derby378 Feb 2013 #2

That's awful shenmue Feb 2013 #3

Incredibly sad news. TDale313 Feb 2013 #4

She has had a rough life over the last decade plus. I don't follow her music, bluestate10 Feb 2013 #5

an afffair with Clemens wouldn't have HELPED her situation. russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #13

Most were self induced Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #25

I didn't know that! get the red out Feb 2013 #27

Pray or send vibes for her kids OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #6

You said, easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #21

Suicide is always a permanent solution to temporary problems OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #24

You assume a lot. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #34

Apparently you never had somebody in your family take his or her life duffyduff Feb 2013 #26

Oh my god. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #32

+1000. nt. polly7 Feb 2013 #36

No, only my son. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #35

she had a great voice sad-cafe Feb 2013 #7

She did have a wonderful voice. I feel so horrible for her little boys! DearHeart Feb 2013 #14

I only remember two hfojvt Feb 2013 #22

I use to listen to her when I was a teenager liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #8

youngest kid used to enter talent shows and that was one of her songs sad-cafe Feb 2013 #11

here is a link with her singing sad-cafe Feb 2013 #9

Former mistress of Roger Clemens (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #10

sad life. sad death. spanone Feb 2013 #12

so had she not had guns at her disposal sad-cafe Feb 2013 #15

While shitdiots will politicize this, my thoughts are with her family and her extended circle. flvegan Feb 2013 #16

I think this has been going on a while sad-cafe Feb 2013 #17

If someone is not ready to fully face their problems Sissyk Feb 2013 #23

I remember her. How incredibly tragic. I hope her children are surrounded with support and love. nolabear Feb 2013 #18

Why wasn't her gun confiscated? ecstatic Feb 2013 #19

good point sad-cafe Feb 2013 #20

Excellent point. Why was she allowed to keep her gun? calimary Feb 2013 #28

This! get the red out Feb 2013 #29

I wondered that too, polly7 Feb 2013 #30

Mentally ill people still have a right to due process hack89 Feb 2013 #33

Why didn't you tell the authorities she had it? cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #37

She also shot her dog which really pisses me off. No excuse for that. catbyte Feb 2013 #31