http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101513_nowhere_man_whiskey_girl/nowhere-man-wont-carry-alone-after-whiskey-girls-death/
Amy and Derrick Ross, the Bisbee husband and wife duo who performed as Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl, will wander musically no more. Amy died Monday just before (or possibly during, reports conflict) surgery, and Derrick committed suicide overnight. Amy Ross, 40, suffered from lupus and kidney problems. She died at Tucson Medical Center, having been in the hospital for more than week. Derrick Ross, 39, shot himself with a gun he bought after his wife's death, said comedian Doug Stanhope, the couple's landlord. Amy's death was announced, in her own voice, on her personal Facebook page: Hey kids! Bad news! I died this morning and Derrick didn't know how to tell you. I love you all and hope you go out and be nice to someone. Funerals are a bore so hopefully I don't have one. Give Derrick some alone space... He stinks at this stuff so leave him be for now. Thanks for all the kindness.. Please spread it around. Whiskey Stanhope told the audience at a comedy club in West Nyack, N.Y., on Tuesday night that he wrote the message from Amy after her husband gave him her Facebook password. Derrick discussed his wife's medical problems in a podcast with Stanhope last week. He told listeners that Amy had been on dialysis for six years because of lupus, and that a blood infection had weakened two heart valves to the point where she required surgery. "I'm pretty freaked out," Derrick said during the recording, mentioning the possibility of suicide if she died. During the podcast, Stanhope encouraged his fans to donate to the couple to help pay Amy's medical bills. "Whiskey died this morning before surgery. Today stinks real real bad," Stanhope tweeted Monday evening. Tuesday morning, he tweeted, "Nowhere Man killed himself last night. Two of our favorite people in the world in 24 hours. Stunned." |
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