what happened to nina simone?
Breast cancer Cancer
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 Following the heavy media coverage surrounding Carey 's publicized breakdown and hospitalization , Virgin Records and 20th Century Fox delayed the release of both Glitter , as well as its soundtrack of the same name . The announcement was made on August 9 , 2001 , that both the soundtrack and the film would be postponed three weeks , respectively from August 21 to September 11 , and from August 31 to September 21 . When asked regarding the motives behind the delay , Nancy Berry , vice chairman of Virgin Music Group Worldwide , addressed Carey 's personal and physical condition : 

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 Of the incident , Ryder explained to Interview that it occurred during a time in her career where she was clinically depressed . She also stated that the heavy painkilling medication she was prescribed at the time by a quack doctor had significantly clouded her judgment . 

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 Simone had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the late 1980s . In 1993 , Simone settled near Aix @-@ en @-@ Provence in Southern France . She had suffered from breast cancer for several years before she died in her sleep at her home in Carry @-@ le @-@ Rouet , Bouches @-@ du @-@ Rhône on April 21 , 2003 . Her funeral service was attended by singers Miriam Makeba and Patti LaBelle , poet Sonia Sanchez , actor Ossie Davis , actress Ruby Dee , and hundreds of others . Simone 's ashes were scattered in several African countries . She is survived by her daughter , Lisa Celeste Stroud , an actress and singer , who took the stage name Simone , and has appeared on Broadway in Aida . 

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 The suddenness of Bizet 's death , and awareness of his depressed mental state , fuelled rumours of suicide . Although the exact cause of death was never settled with certainty , physicians discounted such theories and eventually determined the cause as " a cardiac complication of acute articular rheumatism " . News of the death stunned Paris 's musical world ; as Galli @-@ Marié was too upset to appear , that evening 's performance of Carmen was cancelled and replaced with Boieldieu 's La dame blanche . 

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 Schiavo suffered a cardiac arrest in her St. Petersburg , Florida , home on February 25 , 1990 . She was resuscitated , but suffered massive brain damage due to lack of oxygen to her brain and was left comatose . After two and a half months without improvement , her diagnosis was changed to that of a persistent vegetative state . For the next two years , doctors attempted speech and physical therapy and other experimental therapy , hoping to return her to a state of awareness , without success . In 1998 , Schiavo 's husband , Michael , petitioned the Sixth Circuit Court of Florida to remove her feeding tube pursuant to Florida law . He was opposed by Terri 's parents , Robert and Mary Schindler , who argued that she was conscious . The court determined that Schiavo would not have wished to continue life @-@ prolonging measures , and on April 24 , 2001 , her feeding tube was removed for the first time , only to be reinserted several days later . On February 25 , 2005 , a Pinellas County judge again ordered the removal of Terri Schiavo 's feeding tube . Several appeals and federal government intervention followed , which included U.S. President George W. Bush returning to Washington D.C. to sign legislation designed to keep her alive . After appeals through the federal court system upheld the original decision to remove the feeding tube , staff at the Pinellas Park hospice facility disconnected the feeding tube on March 18 , 2005 , and Schiavo died on March 31 , 2005 . 
