Mindy McCready — a country singer, mother, drug addict, possible ex-girlfriend of Roger Clemens, and former reality cast member — died on Sunday of an apparent suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot. She had multiple suicide attempts in her past. Her boyfriend died last month, also from a gunshot: A suicide, perhaps, but some suspicion was cast on McCready (here’s an E! Online post entitled: Mindy McCready’s Dead Boyfriend David Wilson: 5 Burning Questions).
In other words, McCready was not one of Celebrity Rehab and Dr. Drew Pinksy’s success stories. She was cast by VH1 in the third season of Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab because of her ongoing problems with pills and alcohol, which had crippled her career. McCready is the third person to die from her season of nine people: Mike Starr of Alice in Chains died in 2011 of an overdose, and former Real World-er Joey Kovar died last August from opiate intoxication. From other seasons, Jeff Conaway and Rodney King also have died.
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