SEPTEMBER 11, 1984 – Barbara Mandrell was seriously injured in a car accident. According to Toni Reinhold in Redbook magazine, the singer “sustained multiple fractures in her right leg, including a broken thigh bone, knee and ankle. She also suffered lacerations and abrasions and a severe concussion that caused temporary memory loss, confusion, and speech difficulties.” After a year-and-a-half of rehabilitation, she recovered and returned to recording and performing. Mandrell told interviewers that the crash made her reassess her priorities; thus she retired in November 1997, thirteen years after the crash, and now spends more time with her family.
I’ll miss you Barbara mandrow I never got to to see you perform but I’ve slept with you slove the way you sing and I miss you because I wanted to see you in person and I never got to do this. In 2014 I had cancer breast cancer and it’s radiation messed up my legs so I can’t even walk very well In 2014 I had cancer breast cancer and it’s radiation messed up my legs so I can’t even walk very well.well. I sure sympathize with you. And I hope you’re doing well. I’m sorry I never got to see you in person.