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| Country singer Mindy McCready dead of apparent suicide | Country singer Mindy McCready dead of apparent suicide |
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| US country singer Mindy McCready has killed herself, US media is reporting. | US country singer Mindy McCready has killed herself, US media is reporting. |
| The troubled singer died from an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound", an Arkansas sheriff said. | |
| McCready had attempted to take her own life before and was known to have problems with prescription drugs and alcohol. | |
| Her death comes weeks after that of her boyfriend, record producer David Wilson, whose death is still being investigated. | Her death comes weeks after that of her boyfriend, record producer David Wilson, whose death is still being investigated. |
| The singer, who had two children, recorded five studio albums. | The singer, who had two children, recorded five studio albums. |
| NBC reporter Andrea Canning tweeted: "Just got a call from Mindy McCready's best friend that she shot and killed herself this evening." | |
| After the death of her partner, McCready had told NBC's Dateline programme that she had "never gone through anything this painful. | |
| "He didn't just touch my heart, he touched my soul." | |
| Her two boys - a six-year-old and a nine-month baby - were removed from her home earlier this month when she was admitted into rehabilitation. | |
| Her best-selling album was her debut Ten Thousand Angels. |