Trivia

Passed away from self-inflicted gunshot wound in a wooden area near her home.

Dropped out of school in the ninth grade and went to Europe. When she returned to the US she began performing in live sex shows.

Known for destroying automobiles and television sets, and chainsawing guitars on stage.

Was featured in a "Playboy" pictorial (1986), skydiving naked, where she was described as the "leather-clad queen of heavy metal".

Was the first woman in history to appear on national television with a mohawk haircut.

Had a video game character named after her, "Wendy O. Koopa" in the video game, Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988).

Lead singer for the infamous 1980s punk rock band The Plasmatics.

Posthumously inducted in 2016 into the Music Hall of Fame in her native Rochester, New York.

Performed in the stage production of the Rocky Horror Show.

Once described herself as a "marginal nymphomaniac and terminal exhibitionist".

At the age of six she appeared tap-dancing on Puppet Playhouse (1947) as a member of the "Peanut Gallery".

Was a Grammy Award nominee for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, alongside Lita Ford and Pia Zadora (1982).

Graduated from Eastman School of Music.