Sheriff: Country Singer Mindy McCready, 37, dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

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Country singer Mindy McCready died Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was 37 years old. (Gannett News Service, Nigel Perry/Capitol Nashville)

HEBER SPRINGS, Arkansas (AP) - Arkansas authorities say that country singer Mindy McCready was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.


A news release from the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office says that McCready, 37, was found dead Sunday afternoon with what appears to be a single, self-inflicted wound. She was found on the front porch of a home.

McCready hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career

In 1996, her "Guys Do It All the Time" hit No. 1 and its dig at male chauvinism endeared her to females.

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