Nelly Opens Up About Sister's Death On 'Behind The Music'

'I just broke down,' rapper says on March 7 episode.By Jayson Rodriguez





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Nelly had always been public about his sister's health issues, from fighting for bone-marrow donors in an effort to save her life to speaking about how her death affected him. But the rapper has yet to discuss the details surrounding the day she died in 2005 after a two-year battle with leukemia.

In the March 7 episode of VH1's "Behind the Music," however, the St. Louis star finally opens up about the last conversation he had with his big sis, Jacqueline Donahue. He was on the road and was unaware of the severity of her declining health, he said.
"Jackie gets on the phone and I'm like, 'Hey, sis,' " Nelly said,

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