Prince Collaborator Vanity Dead at 57

Throughout the Eighties and Nineties, Vanity began acting in movies and TV shows, including 1985’s The Last Dragon and 1988’s Action Jackson.

In the mid-Nineties, Vanity became a born-again Christian, after overdosing on crack. The experience led her to evangelism. She would go on to write the memoir Blame It on Vanity about her experiences, and she led her own Pure Heart Ministries in Fremont.

In an interview with Rolling Stone last year, Vanity expressed remorse for her wild ways. “I don’t listen to my old music of Vanity’s unless I have to hear it playing in a mall or something place like that,” she said. “I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy … worship! I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.”