Gail Delta Collins (February 2, 1941 – December 6, 2013) was an American songwriter, record producer, and visual artist.
[1] She came to prominence (as 'Miss Gail Collins') co-producing, with Pappalardi, the self-titled debut album by Energy, a group featuring Corky Laing.
During the trial, it was revealed that the couple had an open marriage and that Collins Pappalardi had shot her husband after he had returned in the early morning from seeing his girlfriend.
[5] She was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter but found guilty of criminally negligent homicide[6] and sentenced to 16 months to 4 years in prison.
[8] On December 6, 2013, Collins was found dead by her landlord in the Mexican village of Ajijic, Jalisco, a resort town with many American expatriate residents.