R.I.P. Vanity by Gary Hainsworth

A couple of days ago, Vanity, a.k.a Denise Katrina Matthews, died at the age of 57.

In her prime, this Canadian beauty was a talented singer popular during the Reagan era. "Nasty Girl (1982)", a pretty catchy tune that holds up very well (even after thirty-four years), is the most famous song of her band Vanity 6. However, I suppose that shouldn't be a huge surprise considering that it was written and composed by Prince before "Graffiti Bridge (1990)", "Under the Cherry Moon (1986)" and another movie I will mention later.

However, I digress.

One of my favorite guilty pleasures is the kung-fu cult classic: Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (1985) starring martial artist Taimak. In the movie, Vanity played Bruce Leroy's love interest. I think she was starred in Action Jackson (1988) with Chubbs/Apollo Creed himself: Carl Weathers. I haven't seen the movie since Hillary's husband was president. However, I remember Action Jackson (1988) being so bad, it's good (and that's not usually a bad thing). 

Vanity was almost in another movie I really like, but as a guilty pleasure: Purple Rain (1984). However, it was Apollonia Kotero who ended up having to purify herself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. Unfortunately, Vanity would have to purify herself through many years worth of daily dialysis treatments because she damaged her kidneys irreparably due to heavy drug usage.If memory serves me right, she had to get dialysis five times a day. I only bring up that that fact because it ultimately contributed to her death. I think, giving she was an evangelical (since 1994), that she would want her experience to serve as a warning to others.