26th April 2012 Celebrity Trending - Left Eye

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez was as well known in the ’90s for her outlandish fashion sense (condom eyepatch, anyone?) and violent temper (she burned down her boyfriend’s house after an argument) as she was for her musical ability, but she did have talent, and I think it got overshadowed a bit by her antics. When she died in a car accident in Honduras in 2002, she left the music world in shock and a lasting influence on people who would eventually get into the business. R&B singer Monica says she was only 12 when she first met Left Eye, but she received some very valuable advice from her that has resonated through the years. Left Eye had some famous conflict with her bandmates before her death, challenging them to a contest between solo albums because she said she wanted her talent to be known. Apparently she felt she wasn’t being given enough creative credit, an issue that was especially heated after her rap was taken out of the single version of “No Scrubs”, one of the group’s most popular hits. Chili and T-Boz fired back, saying, ”We think it’d be best to paraphrase the great poet Iyanla Vanzant…. ‘At a time when unity is so desperately needed it is significantly lacking…. Unity does not mean we will all believe in or do the same things. It means we will agree to do something without battling over how and why.”’ But in the wake of Left Eye’s death, the remaining members of TLC put aside any hard feelings they may have had and banded together to pay tribute to her on MTV.

Buff Bagwell, the former WWE and WCW pro wrestler, was in a bad car accident and is in an intensive care unit at an Atlanta based hospital. This is according to the gossip site TMZ.com. The article goes on to state that the 42 year old former pro wrestler was traveling in his Jeep late Monday when he lost control of his vehicle. Reports suggest he may have suffered a seizure. Buff Bagwell is reported to have a broken neck, as well as several other bones. Although Bagwell never reached the super stardom of men like John Cena and The Rock, he was still a huge part of the 90s wrestling boom. Bagwell started wrestling for WCW in the early 90s as Marcus Alexander Bagwell. The young rookie was a solid babyface character until the mid 90s. When Hulk Hogan and the New World Order turned pro wrestling into a hot ratings bonanza, Marcus Alexander Bagwell went from young rookie to cocky heel. With his signature catchphrase "Buff is the stuff," Bagwell teamed with Scott Steiner and ran rough shot in the now defunct World Championship Wrestling.