"Al Green sensed that something bad was going to happen on the night of October 18, 1974, when he arrived at his Memphis mansion with his partner, Mary Woodson, whom he was picking up from jail for smoking marijuana. During the car ride, Woodson looked at Green in the rearview mirror with a serious and fearful expression on her face."
"While brushing his teeth in his underwear, he heard a bang: Woodson appeared behind him with a steaming pot in her hand. In it, Woodson had prepared boiling grits, which she violently threw onto Green's bare back, plunging him into excruciating pain. Carlotta, frightened, ran from her room. Green managed to reach the shower, desperately throwing himself under icy water to soothe the burns, which soon developed blisters the size of eggs."
Al Green returned to his Memphis mansion on the night of October 18, 1974, after picking up his partner, Mary Woodson, from jail for smoking marijuana. A friend, flight attendant Carlotta Williams, had arrived unannounced and stayed in a separate room. Woodson unexpectedly proposed marriage in the kitchen and Green postponed the conversation until morning. While Green prepared to shower, Woodson threw a pot of boiling grits onto his bare back, causing severe burns and large blisters. Williams fled in fear. Green sought icy water for relief, and Woodson then shot herself in the temple and died instantly. Green was at the height of his U.S. popularity.
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