Country Singer Mindy McCready 37, Dead

Country singer Mindy McCready has died at age 37, NBC News has confirmed. The cause of death "appears to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Cleburne County (Ark.) Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

Deputies were called to a home in Heber Springs, Ark., Sunday afternoon, the statement said, and found McCready's body on the front porch. Family members have been notified and an autopsy will be performed.

NBC News has reached out to the singer's publicist for comment. 

McCready had a No.1 country hit in 1996, when she was just 21, with "Guys Do It All the Time." Her other popular songs included "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What A Girl's Gotta Do)."

The singer, who has dated such famous men as "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain and Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens, has had more problems than hits in recent years.