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How Much Have You Seen? How much of Vanity's work have you seen? User Polls Only one name needed. See more polls ». See more awards ». Known For. The Last Dragon Laura Charles. Action Jackson Sydney Ash. Terror Train Merry. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress 33 credits.

Rebecca Lord. Tina Maxwell. Morgan - A Secret No More Ali Ferrand. Hide Show Composer 1 credit. Hide Show Soundtrack 5 credits. Hide Show Thanks 1 credit. Matthews had spent the years since sober and a born-again Christian. After a kidney transplant in , she became a Christian evangelist. She told her story in a self-published autobiography, Blame It on Vanity. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day.

February 15, pm. Related Stories. She joked that she would become Vanity 6 Sixx again. They never married. In , she married football player Anthony Smith of the Oakland Raiders. In , Vanity overdosed on crack cocaine and suffered from near-fatal renal failure. She recalled that after being rushed to the hospital, doctors said she had three days to live while on life support.

She said that Jesus appeared to her at this time and spoke to her, saying, if she promised to give up her Vanity persona, he would save her. Upon her recovery, she completely renounced her stage name and career and became a born-again Christian.

In , she said, "When I came to the Lord Jesus Christ, I threw out about 1, tapes of mine — interview, every tape, every video.

She made speaking engagements at churches across the United States and worldwide. Due to her kidney problems which were caused by years of drug use while she worked as a performer, she had to undergo peritoneal dialysis five times a day each session was 20 minutes long. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered off the coast of Hawaii. Two months after her death, on April 21, , her ex-lover and boss Prince died in his Paisley Park residence. Vanity's co-star in the movie, Carl Weathers, appears alongside her in the video.

Retrieved February 18, Jet Johnson Publishing Company. January 24, It was her lowest point. And the one Welland Tribune. The Washington Post. Retrieved Matthews, of Niagara Falls Retrieved on Jet Johnson Publishing Company 21 : ISSN