Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. February 15, pm. Related Stories. Related Story Hollywood's Notable Deaths of Read More About: Prince. In she met Prince at the American Music Awards, where he quickly took her under his wing and created — some have said imposed upon on — the sexually charged Vanity persona with which she would make her name. Matthews signed with Motown Records in and went on to record two solo albums. Matthews became addicted to crack cocaine during this period, a problem that eventually led to her overdose and near-fatal renal failure in Upon recovery she converted to Christianity, quit her entertainment career and renounced the Vanity persona.
Her addiction had severely damaged her health, however, and she was forced to undergo a kidney transplant in Since that time she was devoted entirely to evangelism.
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How Much Have You Seen? She renounced her Hollywood lifestyle and became a Christian minister. She married former Oakland Raider Anthony Smith in , and they divorced the next year. On a GoFundMe page aimed at helping her pay her medical bills, Matthews said four months ago she had gone through 23 surgeries and was on dialysis three times a week.
She said she was also diagnosed with sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, a rare benign cause of small bowel obstruction. Prince, who was touring in Australia, dedicated several songs to Matthews during a show, according to the Herald Sun. Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93; former United Nations secretary-general. The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City.
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