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R&B Singer Gouges Out Eye After Suicide Attempt
Reuters, via Yahoo ^ | 2.2.2005 | Gail Mitchell

Posted on 02/02/2005 8:47:59 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick

By Gail Mitchell

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Following a suicide attempt, R&B singer Houston has gouged out his eye while on an overseas performance junket.

 

A brief statement was released Wednesday by his Capitol Records label, saying only, "Our thoughts and prayers are with Houston during this tragic time."

According to sources, the singer first attempted to jump out of a London hotel window last Thursday. Prevented from doing so by his security staff, Houston was locked in his room, at which time the injury occurred. No additional details as to his current condition or whereabouts have been disclosed.

Featured in a McDonald's commercial, Houston's 2004 hit single "I Like That" peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 singles chart. The song also featured Chingy, Nate Dogg and I-20.

Houston's debut album, "It's Already Written," has sold 208,000 units to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan, having peaked at No. 14 on The Billboard 200.

Reuters/Billboard


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To: NYC GOP Chick

I often said, "I'd give my right eye for . . . ." I'd better be careful what I say.


141 posted on 02/02/2005 11:07:19 PM PST by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: bootless; dead
Hey, if you're gonna page Dead, ya gotta page Dead. Thusly.
142 posted on 02/02/2005 11:08:27 PM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick; All

Eye think he must have seen my favorite christmas movie,"A christmas story" one too many times, and took it literally!!

"Houston, you have a problem": Eye can see that" replies Houston. "On second thought, Eye can't see that, Eye am trying to keep one eye on other things.

(My sense of humor has sure improved, since Eye joined this site, and eye thank all of you for helping to lighten me up, through some hard times-- Jack.)


144 posted on 02/03/2005 2:31:32 AM PST by Rca2000 (Helping to swing the swing state of Ohio to "W")
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To: NYC GOP Chick

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496457/02022005/houston.jhtml

Los Angeles radio station KKBT-FM's K-Sly, who appeared in the "I Like That" video and is close to Houston's camp, said the singer had been under psychiatric care last year for manic depression. Another source corroborated that claim, adding that Houston had also struggled with PCP.

"I was told he wanted to commit suicide and stabbed his eye out," K-Sly said. "He was telling people he was Jesus and wanted to go home to his Father."


145 posted on 02/03/2005 2:41:45 AM PST by maggief
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To: TheBrotherhood

I don't. Never did. Never will.


146 posted on 02/03/2005 4:07:44 AM PST by GW and Twins Pawpaw (Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Never heard of him.


147 posted on 02/03/2005 4:13:22 AM PST by thathamiltonwoman
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To: speedy

You should be brow-beaten with a wet noodle (it leaves no mascara tissue).


148 posted on 02/03/2005 4:16:42 AM PST by MortMan (Be careful what you wish for... You might get it!)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

DRUGS .... you have to be amped up on meth-cocaine or something similar to build up enough of a head of steam to gouge out your eye.


149 posted on 02/03/2005 5:15:56 AM PST by dennisw (Pryce-Jones: Arab culture is steeped in conspiracy theories, half truths, and nursery rhyme politics)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

He'll be blindsided when he see's the error of his ways.


150 posted on 02/03/2005 5:19:55 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

snake plissken fan? eye carumba!


151 posted on 02/03/2005 5:24:13 AM PST by isom35
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To: MortMan

Punning is a tragic condition, leading to a lifetime of wet noodle beatings.


152 posted on 02/03/2005 5:25:55 AM PST by speedy
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To: maggiefluffs
Another source corroborated that claim, adding that Houston had also struggled with PCP.

I'd say that the PCP has got the best of him.

153 posted on 02/03/2005 5:26:41 AM PST by csvset
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Perhaps Houston was musing on the epigamist's :

"In the Land of the Blind, the one-eyed man is King."

headsonpikes fatherly advice to young folks:

Never think too hard about stuff when you're whacked on juice.


154 posted on 02/03/2005 5:34:16 AM PST by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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To: headsonpikes

Note to self: Maybe spellcheck isn't such a bad idea, after all.


155 posted on 02/03/2005 5:35:25 AM PST by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
just...Houston? No other name?

I guess I don't follow R&B like I used to. Delbert McClinton would never gouge out his eye. But then again, he was more "roadhouse" than R&B, I suppose.

156 posted on 02/03/2005 5:39:08 AM PST by the invisib1e hand ("What are you gonna believe, the media, or your own eyes?" -- Marx .............(Groucho))
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To: maggiefluffs

A manic person on PCP??


157 posted on 02/03/2005 5:48:55 AM PST by DameAutour (Yes, I know what my problem is. My problem is I'm right.)
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To: Ron in Acreage
I'll keep an eye out!

I bet even he saw that one coming.

158 posted on 02/03/2005 6:23:33 AM PST by anonymous_user (Not everything's a conspiracy.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

That's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick...oh, wait...never mind...


159 posted on 02/03/2005 6:52:54 AM PST by wysiwyg (What parts of "right of the people" and "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
R&B Singer Gouges Out Eye After Suicide Attempt

Some kind of half-hearted Oedipal complex?

160 posted on 02/03/2005 6:55:28 AM PST by dirtboy (To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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