Although Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’ head-on auto collision death April 26 in Honduras was a shocker for the likes of Donell Jones—whose career she helped dramatically boost with her appearance on his late ‘90s single “U Know What’s Up”—the troubled TLC diva has left a long line of males mourners in a gender role reversal recalling the throngs of women who flocked to the fune ral of silent movie star stud Rudolph Valentine after his untimely death in 1926.
Among the devastated of Lopes’ special Chicago male friends was urban entertainment promoter-booking agent Dell “Delle Dell” Hampton and reportedly former 106 JAMZ AM/FM promoter Big Shoes.
Usually jovial Delle was so broken up two days after the announcement of Lopes’ fatal Central American accident that he acknowledged his need over the phone in dire, voice cracking somberness, to deal with the tragedy by attending morning church services with his mother.
