Mindy McCready: 1975-2013

Country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37.

Singer Mindy McCready performs at the V-Day Presentation of Any One Of Us: Words From Prison at Alice Tully Hall - Lincoln Center June 21, 2006, in New York.

Country music singers Mindy McCready, left, LeAnn Rimes and Terri Clark joke around after a rehearsal for the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 1997.

Singer Mindy McCready of the Queens of Heart poker team participates in the Ladies No-Limit Hold 'em poker tournament at the World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel & Casino June 8, 2008, in Las Vegas.

Country singer Mindy McCready performs in Nashville, Tenn. on Nov. 14, 2008.

Country music artist Mindy McCready performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 5, 2008.

Country singer Mindy McCready answers questions outside the courtroom in Franklin, Tenn. on Aug. 22, 2006

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Mindy McCreedy arrives at the 48th Annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville on Oct. 3, 2000.

Country singer Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died on Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37.

Country singer Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died on Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37.

Mindy McCready is seen here with her son Zander Ryan McCready.

Country singer Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died on Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37.

Country singer Mindy McCready is seen here when she was charged with battery and resisting arrest on July 21, 2007 in Fort Myers, Fla.

Country singer Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died on Feb. 17, 2013. She was 37.