Ex‐Companion Scalds Singer, Then Kills Herself
Oct 19, 1974 · Although the police were continuing to investigate the shooting of 29‐year‐old Mary Woodson of Madison, N.J., Inspector Dan Jones said, “It looks like suicide.” Mr. Jones said that the...
Soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub
Nov 13, 2009 · The shocking attack and suicide by his former companion Mary Woodson prompted a personal reckoning for the singer. Believing he had strayed from the righteous musical and spiritual course...
The Forgotton Woman Who Threw Hot Grits On Al Green
Sep 29, 2015 · On October 18, 1974 Mary Woodson, Al Green’s then-girlfriend threw hot grits on the singer, giving him second and third degree burns. What most people leave out of the story, though, is the fact that Mary Woodson immediately killed herself in Green’s bedroom afterward.
Al Green - Wikipedia
On October 18, 1974, Green's girlfriend, Mary Woodson, assaulted him and then died by suicide at his Memphis home. [ 31 ] [ 5 ] Although unbeknownst to Green she was already married with three children, Woodson became upset when Green refused to marry her. [ 32 ]
Woman Who Scalded Singer Is Ruled Victim of Suicide
Oct 22, 1974 · He suffered second‐degree burns on his back and arm when Mary Woodson, 29 years old, of Madison, N. J. threw hot grits on him as he took a bath Friday, according to the sheriff's office.
‘Pure Agony': Al Green Scalded by Hot Grits 40 Years Ago - The Boombox
Oct 17, 2014 · The music world was shocked on Oct. 18, 1974 when Al Green was doused with a boiling pot of grits by girlfriend Mary Woodson. Green was about to shower at his Memphis home when Woodson scalded...
‘She Asked Me If I Would Marry…I Says ‘Nah’’: Al Green Recounts …
Mar 19, 2024 · According to the singer, he was seeing a 29-year-old woman by the name of Mary Woodson, who confessed that she was in love with him. Unbeknownst to Green, when he met Woodson, she had...
Al Green’s moment of truth: The 40-year legacy of ‘Belle’
Nov 16, 2017 · One, Mary Woodson, ended a tumultuous affair with Green by committing suicide after dousing him with a boiling pot of a “sludge” that may or may not have been grits, oatmeal or...
A tale of two sisters — Harvard Gazette
Sep 20, 2011 · Tayari Jones grew up hearing the story: Mary Woodson White, scorned girlfriend of R&B legend Al Green, doused him with hot grits, supposedly because he refused to marry her. In her acclaimed new novel, “ Silver Sparrow ,” Green’s partner makes a cameo, popping into an Atlanta hair salon on that now infamous, grit-laden trek to Memphis.
SILENT NO LONGER – Chicago Tribune
Jan 3, 1995 · In 1974, Green was badly burned when a scorned girlfriend, Mary Woodson, hurled a pot of boiling grits onto his back as he sat in a bathtub, then fatally shot herself with his revolver.