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  1. On April 6, 1998, Williams fatally shot herself near her home in Storrs, Connecticut. She had attempted suicide twice in the years leading up to her death; allegedly she had also been struggling with deep depression. Life and career. 1949–1976: Early life.

  2. Apr 9, 1998 · Ten years after her cult shock-punk band’s last tour, Plasmatics’ lead singer Wendy O. Williams has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

  3. Apr 16, 1998 · The former lead singer of the Plasmatics, known for her shock rock antics and Mohawk haircut, shot herself in the woods near her Connecticut home. She had been despondent and felt she was past her peak, according to her former manager and companion.

  4. Apr 6, 2023 · Wendy Orlean Williams, a blonde bombshell who had fled dreary upstate New York, auditioned for Captain Kink’s show and found her true calling there. And Swenson found a kindred spirit in Wendy: “She had this attitude that she’d rather be dead than part of this conformist world.

  5. Apr 9, 1998 · Wendy O. Williams, the leader of the 1980's punk band the Plasmatics, a group more famous for their destructive onstage antics than for their music, died on Monday at her home in Storrs, Conn.,...

  6. Jul 13, 2015 · On Monday, April 6th, 1998, Wendy O., the Metal Priestess, the Queen of Shock Rock, the Kommander of Kaos, the baddest rock’n’roll motherfucker who ever lived, took a walk into the woods near her home. She sat on a rock and fed some squirrels, then she took a pistol and shot herself in the head.

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  8. Mar 8, 1998 · The shock-punk icon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 48. She was known for her Mohawk haircut, gaffa-taped nipples and controversial onstage antics.