U Won’t Believe What “Sinful” Act Teddy P. Asked Wife To Do!

Posted On : January 4, 2016

Teddy PendergrassTeddy Pendergrass was on top of the world throughout the 70’s and 80’s. He was widely known as the R&B singer who women threw their panties at whenever he performed.

A true sex symbol in the eyes of the public…then it all came crashing down March 18, 1982, when the brakes on his Rolls-Royce failed, causing the car to hit a metal guardrail, cross into oncoming traffic, and ram into a tree. Once the smoke settled, Pendergrass suffered a broken neck, a crushed spinal cord, and damage to vital nerves. He was unconscious for eight days and, when he regained consciousness, he learned that he was paralyzed and would be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

Teddy P. and his then-wife Karen

So it got to a point where Pendergrass couldn’t handle his new condition and was ready to check out of here by committing suicide, an act that some would consider to be a ‘sin.’ He revealed in his 1998 autobiography, Truly Blessed, that he tried very hard to convince his then-wife, Karen (pictured above), to do him one last favor. He asked Karen to…

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