‘Pure Agony': Al Green Scalded by Hot Grits 40 Years Ago - The Boombox
Oct 17, 2014 · The music world was shocked on Oct. 18, 1974 when Al Green was doused with a boiling pot of grits by girlfriend Mary Woodson. Green was about to shower at his Memphis …
The Forgotton Woman Who Threw Hot Grits On Al Green
Sep 29, 2015 · On October 18, 1974 Mary Woodson, Al Green’s then-girlfriend threw hot grits on the singer, giving him second and third degree burns. What most people leave out of the story, though, is the fact that Mary Woodson immediately killed herself in Green’s bedroom afterward.
Soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub
In the early morning hours of October 18, 1974, an ex-girlfriend of soul singer Al Green bursts in on him in while he is taking a bath in his Memphis, Tennessee, home and pours a pot of...
Here's The REAL Truth About The Woman Who Threw Hot Grits On Al Green
May 19, 2015 · We all have heard the story about the woman who threw hot grits on Al Green and many folks have even joked about it from time to time, calling him 'Al "Grits" Green' and such, but what many people either don't know, or have long since forgotten about, is …
Ex‐Companion Scalds Singer, Then Kills Herself
Oct 19, 1974 · MEMPHIS, Oct. 18 (UPI)—A former girl friend dumped a pan of scalding grits on Al Green, a popular singer, today as he was getting out of the bathtub and then apparently shot herself to death.
50 Years Ago, Singer Al Green Was Attacked in His Bathtub
Fifty years ago, on Oct. 18, 1974, Green was attacked at the hands of his ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson at his own home while he was taking a bath. She broke into his home and poured a pot of hot grits on him. Then things took a shocking turn as she went to a bedroom and shot herself with Green’s gun. She passed away instantly from the gun wounds.
Al Green's Grits Incident - October 18, 1974 - Songfacts
When Green goes into the bathroom to brush his teeth, Woodson bursts in and pours a pot of boiling grits on him, burning him badly before going in the next room and killing herself with his …
‘She Asked Me If I Would Marry…I Says ‘Nah’’: Al Green Recounts …
Mar 19, 2024 · Green suffered second-degree burns on his back, arms, and stomach and required skin grafts. The publication tells a slightly different story than Green did.
Al Green & The Hot Grits Incident - YouTube
Green's girlfriend, Mary Woodson, assaulted him and then died by suicide at his Memphis home. She doused him with a pot of boiling grits as he was preparing for bed in the bathroom, causing...
Woman Who Scalded Singer Is Ruled Victim of Suicide
Oct 22, 1974 · MEMPHIS, Oct. 21 (AP)—A medical examiner says that an autopsy confirms that a spurned woman died of a self‐inflicted gunshot wound after she scalded Al Green, the pop singer with hot grits.