The same things happened to her when she was an aspiring actress in Hollywood, possibly by members of the Weinstein Company. Publicity Listings On the afternoon of June 30, 1995, Hyman committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment. One day, she was reported missing and found dead at the bottom of a cliff in Washington. Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, "Lost theme tune to Sean Connery's final Bond film revealed after 25 years", "PIR To Release Phyllis Hyman's Final Works", Strength of a Woman Official site of Hyman's biography, The New Pittsburgh Courier Online Carrick Honors Alumni Phyllis Hyman, Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phyllis_Hyman&oldid=1135456354, Philadelphia International Records artists, American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters, African-American women singer-songwriters, 20th-century African-American women singers, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 19:53. We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. "Be nice to take that thing home and put it on my wall - but you know it ain't even real. (on quitting smoking & gaining weight), "I was pretty much a basket case for the first year - I didn't think I was that good. Three years after her death, a second posthumous album of previously unreleased material was released. Phyllis Linda Hyman : American R&B/Soul singer and actress, born 6 July 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and died by suicide 30 June 1995, New York City, New York, USA. Hyman was married once to Larry Alexander, who served as her music arranger from 1977 until divorcing in 1982. In 1986 Hyman signed with Philadelphia International and hit the Top 15 again with "Old Friend" and "Living All Alone." In the end, she committed suicide overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment. Singer and actress, Phyllis Hyman was best known for her soulful music during the late-1970s through the early-1990s including the songs; "You Know How to Love Me" (1979), "Living All Alone" (1986) and "Old Friend" (1991).
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