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Ten years after her cult shock-punk band's last tour, Plasmatics' lead singer Wendy O. Williams has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Williams' longtime companion and onetime manager found her body in the woods just outside of their Storrs, Conn., home on Monday. Williams was 48.

Williams, who pursued a solo career after the Plasmatics's 1982 swansong Coup d'Etat, was nominated for a Grammy in 1985 for best Female Rock Vocal. She had also dabbled in both film and television acting (Reform School Girls in 1986 and McGyver in 1990), but had dropped out of the public eye in recent years and had been working as an animal rehabilitator. In an Associated Press report, manager Rod Swenson said that Williams had found it difficult to live a normal life past her peak and had been despondent for a long time.