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Wendy O. Williams
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Passed away from self-inflicted gunshot wound in a wooden area near her home.
Dropped out of school in the ninth grade and went to Europe. When she returned to the US she began performing in live sex shows.
Known for destroying automobiles and television sets, and chainsawing guitars on stage.
Was featured in a "Playboy" pictorial (1986), skydiving naked, where she was described as the "leather-clad queen of heavy metal".
Lead singer for the infamous 1980s punk rock band
The Plasmatics
.
Was the first woman in history to appear on national television with a mohawk haircut.
Performed in the stage production of the Rocky Horror Show.
Posthumously inducted in 2016 into the Music Hall of Fame in her native Rochester, New York.
Had a video game character named after her, "Wendy O. Koopa" in the video game,
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
.
At the age of six she appeared tap-dancing on
The Howdy Doody Show (1947)
as a member of the "Peanut Gallery".
Once described herself as a "marginal nymphomaniac and terminal exhibitionist".
Was a Grammy Award nominee for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, alongside
Lita Ford
and
Pia Zadora
(1982).
Graduated from Eastman School of Music.
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