RIP - Prince protege Vanity (1 Viewer)

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/princes-protege-vanity-of-vanity-6-dies-at-57/ar-BBpxKoz?li=BBnbfcL

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Damn that's sad.

 

[Christo]

 

[Kevrunner]

Had a big crush on her after watching The Last Dragon, RIP

 

[Tom Servo]

Sad to hear. :(

 

[metoo]

Had a big crush on her after watching The Last Dragon, RIP

Yessir, watched that movie a good 30-40 times.

 

[zamboni]

Very sad. I knew she quit drugs and became religious from one of those VH1 Where Are They Now things, but no idea she was that sick.

She was some hottie back in the day.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Damn, that's sad.  RIP.

 

[Al Czervik]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/princes-protege-vanity-of-vanity-6-dies-at-57/ar-BBpxKoz?li=BBnbfcL

Article mentions she was linked romantically to Prince, Adam Ant and Billy Idol, but does not mention Nikki Sixx.  In his book the Heroin Diaries, she has a prominent role in his life and they were quite the druggie couple in the mid to late 80's.

 

[metoo]

No that's Apollonia.

 

[D in the D]

Article mentions she was linked romantically to Prince, Adam Ant and Billy Idol, but does not mention Nikki Sixx.  In his book the Heroin Diaries, she has a prominent role in his life and they were quite the druggie couple in the mid to late 80's.

The awesome part about this is, had they gotten married, her name would have been Vanity Sixx.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

The awesome part about this is, had they gotten married, her name would have been Vanity Sixx.

 

[Payne]

Action Jackson!

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I don't know that I would have guessed 57 years old.  Probably should have though. Good looking girl back in the day.

 

[zamboni]

The awesome part about this is, had they gotten married, her name would have been Vanity Sixx.

Denise Feranna would have been a hotter name.

 

[Keith R]

RIP.

May have to watch The Last Dragon again tonight.

 

[DocHolliday]

Very sad. I knew she quit drugs and became religious from one of those VH1 Where Are They Now things, but no idea she was that sick.

She was some hottie back in the day.

She was definitely hot back in the day.  It is a shame that people fall into the drug trap.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

First time I saw her:

http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Mess/dp/B00KAJ78SI

 

[zamboni]

First time I saw her:

http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Mess/dp/B00KAJ78SI

Most memorable: Vanity and Betsy Russell.

 

[cstu]

Christian conversion


In 1994, Vanity overdosed on crack cocaine and suffered from near-fatal renal failure. She recalled that after being rushed to the hospital, doctors said she had three days to live while on life support. She said that Jesus appeared to her at this time and spoke to her, saying if she promised to give up her Vanity persona, he would save her. Upon her recovery, she completely renounced her stage name and career and became a born-again Christian. In 1995, she said, "When I came to the Lord Jesus Christ, I threw out about 1,000 tapes of mine—interview, every tape, every video. Everything."[11] She stated that she had chosen not to receive any further revenue from her work as Vanity, and cut off all ties with Hollywood and her former life in show business.[12] After a kidney transplant in 1997, she decided to devote her life to evangelism. She made speaking engagements at churches across the United States and worldwide.

In 2010, Matthews released her autobiography, Blame It On Vanity.[13]


Death


Matthews suffered from sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, a rare complication of a peritoneal dialysis, and died in a Fremont, California hospital on February 15, 2016, at the age of 57.[14]

 

[The Captain]

First time I saw her:

http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Mess/dp/B00KAJ78SI

She must have a good dry cleaner. I spill something on my wife's dress and she's livid.