# Denise Matthews (Vanity) dies at 57

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 16, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241 "2016-02-16T05:16:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/1 "2016-02-16T05:16:19Z")

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> **[Vanity -- Prince Protege Dies at 57](https://www.tmz.com/2016/02/15/vanity-dies-singer-nasty-girl/)**
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> Vanity, lead singer of the '80s girl group Vanity 6, has died after years of battling kidney failure and, more recently, an abdominal illness.

This really doesn’t surprise me, because she’s been in poor health for a long time.

RIP. ☹

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/2 "2016-02-16T09:15:54Z")

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The first of the [Filthy 15](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMRC#Actions) has fallen. ☹

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/3 "2016-02-16T09:17:19Z")

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Am I the only one who only knew her from that one episode of _Friday the 13th, the Series_?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/4 "2016-02-16T13:35:03Z")

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And I remember her most for her role in _52 Pickup_

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/5 "2016-02-16T13:45:53Z")

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Wow - you guys’ memories are making me feel old. Of course, I WAS a big Prince fan back then. Really had no awareness of her after the late70s- early-80s.

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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/6 "2016-02-16T14:10:44Z")

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> [@Leaper](#):
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> Am I the only one who only knew her from that one episode of _Friday the 13th, the Series_?

Oh, I remember that episode! I knew her from her association with Prince already, though.

Had a big crush on her – she was gorgeous! I didn’t know that her health had been failing in recent years. So sad!

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denise-matthews-vanity-dies-at-57/746241/7 "2016-02-16T17:32:39Z")

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Really is hazardous to have been famous and over 50 this year. I’ll always remember as a Nasty Girl.