Country Singer Mindy McCready Dies Of Apparent Suicide

Country singer Mindy McCreaty was found dead of an apparent suicide. (Fred Prouser / Reuters)

Country singer Mindy McCready was found dead Sunday afternoon of an apparent suicide, according to the Cleburne Country, Arkansas, Sheriff’s office.

A sheriff tells the Reuters wire service that McCready was found dead on the porch of a house in Heber Springs, Arkansas of “a single self- inflicted gunshot wound.”

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, McCready had a series of difficulties in recent years, including overdoses, attempted suicide, and the suicide last month of her boyfriend David Wilson.

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