We have placed the fundraiser goal much, much higher in the hope that Sandie's story reaches more people and we are able to provide her with an even greater memorial, one fit for a Goddess. Here are the bare minimum costs to make her wish come true. In true Goddess fashion, she wanted to make sure the funeral was just as extravagant as she was. One of her wishes was to be buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as she wanted to be buried a star forever. She took in many of her adoring fans as children of her own. My name is Hunter and Sandie considered me one of her sons. Her movie-star attitude, witty personality, and impeccable sense of humor will never, ever be forgotten.ĭespite being bound to a wheelchair and a hospital bed for most of her life - the world was her stage and she was indeed a superstar. She also fell victim to the HIV virus, further hindering her health, on top of the severe disability she had already been dealt with.īut what inspired her 'cult-like' following has been her ability to look past her disabilities and instead, view herself as an A-List celebrity. ![]() For years she beat polio, the disease that had greatly disfigured her body, took away her ability to walk, and distorted her spine, making it difficult to breathe. Sandie's story has served as a strong beacon of hope for people all across the globe. Dre's "Puppet Master" music video, became the breakout star of Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show," joined him to tap-dance on stage at the MTV Music Video Awards, and acted opposite Carrie Fisher in the 1986 cult movie Hollywood Vice Squad. She modeled for Rick Owens, posed for acclaimed photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, appeared in Dr. Sandie is infamously known for being one of the world's original viral sensations. Our darling Sandie has passed on January 27th, 2021. Bunny also found herself the subject of the 2017 documentary titled (what else) The Goddess Bunny.Sandie "The Goddess Bunny" Crisp is the larger-than-life, transgender cult superstar and drag legend, who battled both polio and HIV. Dre’s ‘Puppet Master’ video, as well as appearing as a puppet on the MTV Video Music Awards with Marilyn Manson (she also appeared in Manson’s video for ‘The Dope Show’). Her sweetest spot (and most public) seemed to be though, in the world of music. During her sixty-one years on the planet (wheelchair bound and all, save for occasional tap-dancing stints that are that of legend), Bunny found herself developing friendships with everyone from Gene Simmons (of KISS fame) to acting alongside Carrie Fisher in Hollywood Vice Squad. It was going to take much more than disability or disease though, to cause The Goddess Bunny from fulfilling her own dreams. When she began presenting as a woman-at different times, she has said she was born with both a penis and a vagina and identified as trans-in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she used makeup, wigs, dresses, and, most of all, extreme self-confidence to see the beauty in her disability.” The combination stunted her growth, deformed her hands, and left her legs bone-thin and crooked. According to a piece in Vice, Bunny “contracted polio and underwent several botched surgeries as an infant. (Bunny documented much of her life in the memoir titled A Child’s Tear she put on published on her blog several years ago). ![]() Bunny has described being born with polio, as well as being sexually abused as she was moved from one home to another for children with disabilities. ![]() ![]() The ‘She-Devil on Six Wheels’ (as Barker aptly describes her) had far from an easy life.
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