Britney Spears died Sunday night when the hair dryer she was using fell into a sink full of water. She was 27.
Spears’ death comes after years of controversial behavior. Many criticized her decision to marry her backup dancer, Kevin Federline, in 2004. Many also disagreed with her appearance on the UPN Reality Show, “Britney and Kevin: Chaotic.” Their marriage lasted only for two years. They got divorced and began a long battle over custody of their children, Sean Preson (3) and Jayden (2).
Spears first rose to fame in “The New Mickey Mouse Club” in the late 1980s. She worked alongside Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake who became her later boyfriend. It seemed a serious relationship even though the numerous critics she received when she promised to remain virgin until marriage.
As soon as the show ended, she returned home to Louisiana. The sweet and innocent Britney known by all the kids in “ The New Mickey Mouse Club” soon disappeared. A new, extroverted Spears took her place in 1998 when she dropped her first album, “… Baby One More Time.” The first controversy started along with this album when she appeared dressed in a Catholic Schoolgirl Uniform. This soon became her trademark causing a great commotion between people and especially with parents. “I know you are doing a performance but, after all, I’m still your mother and I think you should put some clothes on”, Britney’s mother said.
“…Baby One More Time” was followed by the album” Oops I Did it again” in 2000. Later, in 2002, Spears made her appearance in her first movie “Crossroads”.
Britney’s life, finally, seems to take a turn for the best and that same year Forbes Magazine named her the world’s most powerful celebrity.
The calm cannot last forever and the storm arrives in 2003, at the MTV Music Awards. Spears kissed Madonna during their performance of “Like a Virgin” and, for the umpteenth time, she found herself in trouble again. “I was astonished, I would ever imagined my daughter acting in such a way. But, after all, she was acting a drama and, most important of all, the drama was with Madonna. How many chances, in all your life, do you have to kiss Madonna? None!”, Britney’s father said.
Spears was born on December 2, 1980. She is survived by her parents, Jamie and Lynn Spears; her sister Jamie Lynn; and her children, Sean Preson(3) and Jayden(2).
Plans for a public memorial have not been determined yet.
By Bibi Blasio
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