# Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Has Died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750 "2002-04-26T12:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Teerious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Miss\_Teerious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Teerious)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/21 "2002-04-26T17:53:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchiveGuy \* > \*\* Does anyone care to provide a little context or thematic insight to this, uh, choice of accessory? \*\* They all wore wrapped condoms on their clothes at the beggining of their career. They were promoting safe sex. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/22 "2002-04-26T18:03:08Z")
True, an unrolled condom hanging from the frame of your glasses would look pretty weird. I might have to try it with my specs just to see what it looks like! (I know, y’all wish I had a digital camera so I could share, don’t you?) On a serious note, the LA Times article mentions that others in the car were injured and taken to the hospital as well. So although she’s the only dead, she’s not the only one that got hurt. (and if it was a rollover, maybe it WAS the seatbelt issue…) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/23 "2002-04-26T18:21:53Z")
What I find strange is that after torching Rison’s mansion, they were _still_ going to get married. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sgt.J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.J)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/24 "2002-04-26T18:52:35Z")
::phone rings:: Hello? Andre! Matt Smith from State Farm here. The bad news is Lisa is dead. The good news is we’re cutting your homeowner’s insurance rate in half… (sorry, couldn’t help it) ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sgt.J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.J)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/25 "2002-04-26T18:54:32Z")
should have turned the smilies off… ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/26 "2002-04-26T18:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Red Menace \* > \*\* > > B.I.G. was on Arista as was TLC, apparently. > > \*\* oh! ok. well, why not write this, too? Lopes becomes the second female R&B singer to die tragically in less than a year, following the death last August of rising star Aaliyah in a plane crash in the Bahamas. Arista rapper Notorious B.I.G. was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997. Arista also has lost Joey Ramone, who succombed to lymphoma on April 15, 2001. In addition, Arista artist … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/27 "2002-04-26T18:58:07Z")
Well, I watched the TLC “behind the music” show, and the story there was what Homebrew said–the tub was a fiberglass model and she didn’t know or realize that it was flammable. But who goes burning stuff in a bathtub, anyway? Anyhow, I’m sorry to hear it. TLC made some real catchy tunes over the years. My vote for the new L–Lyle Lovett. Now that would be a cool fusion! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/28 "2002-04-26T23:30:47Z")
my vote for the L- Leave the music business! i cant stand TLC’s “music”… * * * I may not know art, but I know shit when I step in it! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/29 "2002-04-26T23:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > i cant stand TLC’s “music”… Hater! Without TLC, the soundtrack of my stint in high school would have been majorly different. They weren’t En Vogue, but they were cool because they were the girls next door, having grown up in Atlanta just like me. My brother went to high school with Chili, actually. Lisa will surely be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/30 "2002-04-27T06:57:36Z")
This is what showed up ihn my inbox this morning as part of my ArcaMax[sup]TM[sup] “Rock News” subscription: > [@](#): > > **TLC’S LISA ‘LEFT EYE’ LOPEZ:** Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, a member of the hip-hop trio TLC, has been killed in a car accident in Honduras. > > Lopes, 31, was on vacation in the Central American country where she often visited, TLC manager Bill Diggins told CNN. He received a phone call about 11 p.m. Thursday from authorities in Honduras, reporting the accident. Diggins said seven other people were in the vehicle at the time of the accident and no one else was injured. He was told that Lopes was killed instantly. > > “We had all grown up together and were as close as a family. Today we have truly lost our sister,” said her bandmates, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas, in a statement released by Diggit Entertainment. > > Funeral arrangements were pending. The service is scheduled to take place in Atlanta. > > Lopes recently launched her solo career with the release of the album “Supernova” earlier this year. She rose to stardom as a member of TLC – named for the members’ initials – with hits such as “Waterfalls,” “Baby, Baby, Baby” and “No Scrubs.” > > Lopes also gained notoriety in 1994 when she set fire to the Atlanta-area mansion she shared with football-player boyfriend Andre Rison. Last year, the couple announced plans to marry, but the wedding was called off at the last minute. > TLC had been working on a new album in an Atlanta studio for release later this year. Then, as part of my ArcaMax[sup]TM[/sup] “Today in Music History” subscription. I noticed that Tionne Watkins’ 32nd birthday happens to be today. I bet it wasn’t such a happy birthday for her, what with her bandmate dying so tragically just the day before. ☹ Lisa Lopes will be missed by TLC fans, family, and the people who were close to her. (I even have a tape of “Crazysexycool”, but that doesn’t mean I was ever a serious fan) R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750/31 "2002-04-27T07:07:06Z")
Sorry about the coding… I think that means I am getting tired and must head to bed in fairly short order. Screwed-up coding is definitely one of the signs, at any rate. This is what I meant to post and code properly: This is what showed up in my inbox this morning as part of my ArcaMax[sup]TM[/sup] “Rock News” subscription: > [@](#): > > **TLC’S LISA ‘LEFT EYE’ LOPEZ:** Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, a member of the hip-hop trio TLC, has been killed in a car accident in Honduras. > > Lopes, 31, was on vacation in the Central American country where she often visited, TLC manager Bill Diggins told CNN. He received a phone call about 11 p.m. Thursday from authorities in Honduras, reporting the accident. Diggins said seven other people were in the vehicle at the time of the accident and no one else was injured. He was told that Lopes was killed instantly. > > “We had all grown up together and were as close as a family. Today we have truly lost our sister,” said her bandmates, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas, in a statement released by Diggit Entertainment. > > Funeral arrangements were pending. The service is scheduled to take place in Atlanta. > > Lopes recently launched her solo career with the release of the album “Supernova” earlier this year. She rose to stardom as a member of TLC – named for the members’ initials – with hits such as “Waterfalls,” “Baby, Baby, Baby” and “No Scrubs.” > > Lopes also gained notoriety in 1994 when she set fire to the Atlanta-area mansion she shared with football-player boyfriend Andre Rison. Last year, the couple announced plans to marry, but the wedding was called off at the last minute. > TLC had been working on a new album in an Atlanta studio for release later this year. Then, as part of my ArcaMax[sup]TM[/sup] “Today in Music History” subscription. I noticed that Tionne Watkins’ 32nd birthday happens to be today. I bet it wasn’t such a happy birthday for her, what with her bandmate dying so tragically just the day before. Lisa Lopes will be missed by TLC fans, family, and the people who were close to her. (I even have a tape of “Crazysexycool”, but that doesn’t mean I was ever a serious fan) R.I.P. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-left-eye-lopes-has-died/105750.md?page=1)