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Wow!!! Are you serious?JagBR said:Blues Lovers, Singer Jackie Neal was murdered.
SLT said:Who?
cat daddy said:She was pretty much a local artist. She comes from a local family full of musical artist. She was killed by an ex-boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself. He survived the attempted suicide.
Here is the story from this mornings paper.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/031105/new_salon001.shtml
SU's Finest '93 said:Never heard of her, but never glad to hear such news about anyone. May she RIP, and may GOD give her family the strength they'll need.
Overflow crowd turns out for Jackie Neal's funeral
By JOSH NOEL
jnoel@theadvocate.com
Advocate staff writer
Nearly 3,000 people jammed the Great Hall at the Bellemont to pay respects Tuesday to the slain Baton Rouge blues and soul singer, a crowd so overwhelming that some of it had to be turned away.
The crush of mourners filled entrances into the hall throughout the morning as visitors jockeyed for position near Neal's open casket.
But about 45 minutes before the service, her family tried to clear the hall of everyone but Neal's relatives in an effort to restore calm.
"I just wish they could have turned up for her like that while she was living," said Neal's first cousin, Kristy Jackson, 28. "If she could have had this much love when she was living, how great would that be?"
Even after an extra ballroom was opened for the 1 p.m. religious service, hundreds of mourners were still left in the hall's foyer while police and firefighters guarded the doors.
Far more people -- as many as 1,000 -- tried to view Neal in her casket, but were unable because the crowd was too large. Many of those people were able to get into the service, but still left disappointed.
"I really wanted to see her, but I couldn't," said Earl Johnson, 37, a Baton Rouge firefighter who said he was a friend of Neal's. "It would have been my last time seeing her on this side."
Just then, Roy Roberts, 49, who said he grew up with Neal in Erwinville, leaned in and said, "She looked beautiful."
For four hours before the service, Neal laid amid the aroma of fresh flowers in an open white casket.
She wore a rose-pink dress adorned at the chest with feathers of the same color and sparkling snowflake-shaped earrings. Her lips and eyelids were painted red and her hair, cropped close at the sides, was spiked on top.
JagBR said:Has anyone heard why the other lady was shot?
:slap:cat daddy said:I'll just say that dude could have had a lot of fun had he played his cards right. :ebrow:
cat daddy said:I'll just say that dude could have had a lot of fun had he played his cards right. :ebrow:
cat daddy said:I'll just say that dude could have had a lot of fun had he played his cards right. :ebrow:
Huh .........OOOOhhhhhhhhhh I see now! :what:..... Now I gotcha! :idea:bigtyme2 said:Jackie was pretty open about her preferances.