US countrysinger Mindy McCready has killed herself, police have said.She died from an "apparent self-inflictedgunshot wound", Arkansas sheriff Marty Moss said.
The troubled singer had attempted to take her ownlife twice before and was known to have problems with prescription drugs andalcohol.
Her death comes weeks after that of her boyfriend andfather of one of her two sons, record producer David Wilson, whose death isbeing investigated.
The singer recorded five studio albums.
Pain
NBC reporter Andrea Canning tweeted:"Just got a call from Mindy McCready's best friend that she shot andkilled herself this evening."
Police saidthey had found the body of Malinda Gayle McCready on the front porch of herhome in Heber Springs. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
After the deathof her partner in January, McCready had told NBC's Dateline programme that shehad "never gone through anything this painful.
"He didn'tjust touch my heart, he touched my soul."
She denied anyinvolvement in Wilson's death.
Her two boys -a six-year-old and a nine-month-old - were removed from her home earlier thismonth when she was ordered to undergo rehabilitation.
She wasdischarged last week for outpatient treatment, but her sons remained in fostercare.
McCready hadbeen arrested several times on drug charges. She also made headlines forclaiming to have had a 10-year affair with former baseball star Roger Clemensthat began when she was a teenager.
Herbest-selling album was her 1996 debut Ten Thousand Angels which included thehit Guys Do It All The Time. Her fifth album, I'm Still Here, was released in 2010.
Mindy McCreavy Timeline
Born 30 November, 1975, in FloridaMoves to Nashville aged 18Three years later has her firsthit with Guys Do It All The TimeIn 2006 gives birth to a son withBilly McKnightAppears in TV show Celebrity Rehabwith Dr Drew in 2010Son Zayne is born in April 201213 January 2013 - her boyfriendDavid Wilson is found dead17 February 2013 - police find herdead at her homeSource: BBC
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