What happened to Vanity? ~ Did Prince ruin her? They both died at 57, 2 months apart! Coincidence?

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What happened to Vanity? ~ How Prince ruined her! They both died at 57, 2 months apart! Coincidence?

Denise Katrina Matthews, known professionally as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Known for her image as a sensual symbol in the 1980s, she became an evangelist and renounced her career as Vanity in the 1990s.

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44 thoughts on “What happened to Vanity? ~ Did Prince ruin her? They both died at 57, 2 months apart! Coincidence?”

  1. What her story taught me was, it’s not how you started but how you ended! She made those last few years count and helped save and transform so many lives. I don’t care for all the details of her past where she was just hurting. She gracefully used her pain as a testimony! What a powerful woman. I hope her story continues to inspire so many more for ages to come ❤️

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  4. Denise Matthews was a wonderful person. I had the opportunity of spending some time with her when she came to Cleveland, OH. I met her at one church and she invited me to come to another one the next day. Of course I went. After the service a lot of people wanted to meet her so I went and sat in the pew behind her. After the crowd settled down she turned around and saw me and said "Ooh goody you came"! In my head I was like what how can you be excited to see me. I'm just Scott. We had a short conversation and she asked me if I was I had been baptised. I said yes, when I was a child. Then she said you know that doesn't count right. I agreed. So she invited me to come back to her hotel room and said to go home and get my swim trunks cause she would baptise me. In my head I'm like omg, but I don't know if I let on. So I went back home got my swim trunks and was off to the hotel. When I got thare there was a group of people from the church whom I have lost touch with as that was like sometime between 2003 and 2005. Btw i was drinking coca cola at the time but hid it well. I was also still listening to her music which I knew she did not like. At the hotel we all talked about our experiences with God. I am spriitual but not so much Christian like she was. She told me to read the bible and to form a relationship with Jesus. After we all talked Denise had to go into the other room and do dialysis. During that time I spoke with the other people. Then Denise came back and said ok go into the bathroom and get into your swim trunks so we can go to the pool where I will baptise you. I'm a pretty slender guy so I said one thing. She was like what. I said do not laugh at me as I am real skinny. She said you look fine. Then I said u ain't seen me in swim trunks. She said you'll be fine. I went into the bathroom to change and when I came out she was like oh you are skinny but you don't look bad and we laughted. Then we went to the pool and Denise baptised me. After that Denise said now it's time to go eat and you are coming with us. When we were ready to leave and walked outside Denise said I'm riding with you and I was like you can't ride with me. She said why I said cause my car is junky and you can't see that. She then said I been in some pretty bad places it'll be ok so she walked with me to my car. I had all kinds of junk in my backseat. Nothing bad just a bunch of stuff in the backseat and a little in the front passenger seat. So she said you're right I will ride with someone else and I said no let me move this stuff to the back. I did and Denise got in. At that point I had to rush around the car and get in. cause her cds were on my car door as I had been listening to her and I did not want her to see them. Also her cd was in and I knew when I turned on the car it would be blasting. Luckily I was able to turn the cd player off right when I started the car and she did no know. As we were driving to Cracker Barrel we had a great conversation as if we were old friends. She was a wonderful beautiful and very nice person. We talked about drug use although I did not tell her I did. Also we discussed Prince. When I mentioned him she lit up so bright. I could tell she still loved him but she shared that she doesn't talk to many people from her past as they are not like her. I think I said something like I can tell you really love him and she agreed. Then sIhe asked me if I had ever been in love. My response was no not like you and she said oh hun you will find it one day and rublbed my knee a bit. I was like omg Vanity touched me on the inside which made my inner child very happy as I grew up believing she was the most beautiful woman in the world. She was my teenage dream and I could not believe she was hanging out with me and so nice. We finally got to Cracker Barrel, and she told me to sit next to her. She ordered fried chicken. I just ordered something but I don't remember. Then she began talking about how good the chicken was and I was like really and then she said here taste it. She was on my left and she basically held the chicken up to my mouth and I was thinking I cannot bite into your food, but that inner child was like this is your only change you better so I did. On the inside I was still a fan and was like omg, but I don't think I let on. After dinner we drove back to the hotel and exchanged information. Denise was living in CA and I was in Cleveland but we stayed in tough for a while. Everytime I called she was so nice and remembered me. My email was hacked and she received spam from my email and responded. That was the last contact we had. I wish I'd stayed in touch. She was a really really good person and very sweet soul. I think I lost her number. Btw I do not believe for a moment that she was flirting she was just a good person. Prince and Vanity were my favorite couple and childhood idols. Funny a few years later I was able to get into Prince's sound check in Atlanta on two different occasions. I had no idea I was given that chance by the universe cause only God knows that eventhough my personal dreams of being a performer produced by Prince and opening for Vanity 6, The Time, and Prince. That was my dream. Idk what I was thinking…. Can you imagine that on a billboard Prince, The Time, and Vanity 6 with special guest star Scott? But the universe gave me a day with Vanity/Denise and two days in the prescence of Prince. I did sing back up during the sound check and the next day Prince remembered me and at the beginning of the show he was inviting people onstage and I was one of them. Good times. I am so thankful. Not many people are able to meet or be around their teen idols. Honestly both were a lot more normal than people think. Great soul they both are!!!! Although I am older and have changed I am so thankful for the chance to see how much we all are very much alike. I thought Denise would be conceited and stuck up but she was quite the opposite. Also Prince is very funny and I'm pretty sure he was psychic but that's another story….. Thanks for the video!!!!!

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  5. I believe Denise tried to break away from being Vanity but her fans and the public would not let her. Her efforts in her heart was honest. But her actions really didn't match the desire in heart to destroy Vanity. When Denise went to church Vanity followed her through the media and because of this nobody really took her seriously. This Even when she was giving a couple of sermons. Vanity even followed Denise when she appeared on the talk shows. In her heart she told her story of how she found Jesus but Vanity still followed her because the talk shows host still introduced her as Vanity. In the hospital the Lord said Vanity time in this world is to come to and end. She needed a kidney transplant but did not get one. Whether she was saved or not we will never know. The world is going to believe God has forgiven her. But the Bible and the world says two different things.

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  7. Everything you say about her is true. I am a normal every day person who idolized her as a child. I got to know her on a fluke, when I was older, and I can vouch that she was truly a pure soul. I still have her phone number in my contacts 😢

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  8. Beautiful video. Denise was one of the funniest and most genuine people I have ever known and she had a deep caring for both people and animals. She genuinely wanted to get everyone saved. She considered me one of her 3 goddaughters (I still have one of the bracelets she sent to her goddaughters after she passed by Pastor Harper) although I am only a few years younger than her. We had a great relationship up until she passed. She helped me to get grounded in faith and become the strong Christian I am today. I wish there were more people like her. I try to keep her legacy going, but I am no where near as dedicated to witnessing as she was. Miss you Denise. RIH and I know I will see you again.

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  10. She had old movie star good looks. Very glamorous looking woman. I never saw her being mean or self superior to anyone. I'm glad she got away from all of that and to her real self and salvation. RIP Denise Matthews.

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  13. Stevie NIcks of Fleetwood Mac said that being in a famous rock band was like being in the army. It was so exhausting. That is how she started using cocaine. She did it to keep up with the schedules of performing and special appearances on talk show, etc.

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  16. Schaaadeee so eine schöne Frau!!!!ich wusste nicht dass sia halb Deutsche war!!!ja sie hat Prince sehr geliebt!!!er bestimmt auch bestimmt hat er es ohne sie nicht mehr ausgehalten und 3 Monate nach ihr gestorben!!!bestimmt sind sie jetzt wieder zusammen!!!

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  20. Oh my… im so touched and full right now about her story. You did a great job more in depth. Thank you. You will know tree by its fruit. What a tree bearing good fruit.

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  21. The problem with MOST modern women is the fact that they refuse to except both, accountability and responsibility!
    Denise Matthews made her own decisions in this life! She dated that sleazy Heavy Metal musician Nikki Sixx, a known dope fiend. And according to him, SHE turned him on to freebase!
    PRINCE gave her a stage name and career. He gave her a glamorous lifestyle, as a High-value man!
    PRINCE was NEVER married to her, and had every right as a rock star, to be with all the different groupies that he wanted!
    PRINCE was never a fuckin' basehead! That was her choice and path to destruction!
    However, I was extremely saddened by her passing. She played a minor role in my youth, through my musical hero PRINCE.

    RIP PRINCE and VANITY.

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  22. People and their assumptions prince was paying for her treatment they were still talking through phones until she passed stop blaming prince for their ways of living or their death ok , Denise Matthews had her time with prince he paid her rents and an the appartement she was at that time. Prince wasn't the one to blame for those who had a hard life (those who were in his life )

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  27. She was bad mamma jamma! Just a sad story and probably if she stood her ground maybe it would have been a different road. But she was a warrior at the end!

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  29. Wow, almost speechless, tragic story for her & Prince… Back in the day!!! So many of my generation is long gone… I'm blessed with being clean & sober for 33 years now… Far too many of my generation is long gone!!!

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  30. Prince basically rescued her from Rick James and provided her with a career and celebrity status. Vanity was an amazing woman and I was blessed to have a few conversations with her on facebook. I would have loved to see her and Prince marry and have children. Although no relationship is perfect, I don't see how Prince could have "ruined her".

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  32. Today is Sunday January 29 and the local time where I live is 4:49pm (I hope that these details come to hold good, special meaning for my situation and that of someone else). I want to say that I am fighting back tears because of what you just said at the end of the video. My reason for my reaction is because at age of 38, I am one of those people that placed themselves in a situation (really numerous over at least the last 20 years plus) that I never thought that I would be in, around a particular person who at the age of 53 has tried his hardest to harm my spirit for almost 2 years. It is however over now and may we both go on to better lives. I apologize for making my comment about me, but again, your words at the end were extremely moving. Also, I hope that Prince was sincere in his words and feelings for Ms. Denise and that they were able to reunite and fellowship in the afterlife, in Heaven 💐💕🕊️🙏🏾.

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