20-11-2005, 04:38 PM
dudette Wrote:Guess Fact
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In 1974, Green's girlfriend attacked him with a bowl of hot grits and then took her own life. The successful rhythm and blues singer began to rethink his life's goal while he recovered from his second-degree burns. He decided to go into the ministry and purchased a church in Memphis. After another close call in which he fell off a stage, he gave up pop music completely for several years, performing only in churches and releasing nothing but gospel music.