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In the song "Skylar's Song" by Vince Neil, who was Skylar, and what happened to her?
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#112280. Asked by clarod. (Jan 21 10 11:40 AM)
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In 1993 Neil divorced Sharise Ruddell. In the Summer of 1995, their daughter, Skylar Neil, died of Wilms' Tumor, a childhood cancer of the kidneys. Skylar had no symptoms until she was taken to the emergency room with stomach pains initially believed to be appendicitis. The undiagnosed tumor had ruptured and spread through her abdomen, and despite chemotherapy and several surgeries, Skylar died on August 15,1995.
Vince created the Skylar Neil foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to honor Skylar by raising money and awareness through unique charitable events and activities it sponsors, and, grant and award the money raised to medical, research, and educational institutions/groups/individuals who are doing breakthrough work to find cures for cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. Vince hosts an annual golf tournament to raise money.
In 1997 Vince had a memorial tattoo inked in the centre of his chest as an everlasting tribute to his late daughter Skylar.
In 1999, Vince filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Rocketdyne, claiming the company's allegedly toxic waste dumping was responsible for the death of his daughter. Neil's suit charges that Rocketdyne knowingly dumped fuel in an area adjacent to property where the rocker and his family lived without warning to him and other residents. Neil says workers at Rocketdyne's plant and other nearby residents have been pursuing claims against the company due to increased cancer rates in the area.
In September 1995, Neil released Carved In Stone, an industrial-oriented album produced by the Dust Brothers. The album was recorded and was put on hold while Vince was dealing with Skylar. It sold less than 100,000 copies in the US, and Neil's contract with Warner Bros. Records eventually came to an end. Some versions of the album feature "Skylar's Song."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Neil
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