(L.A.) Charmayne Maxwell, 46, Died in a Hospital
Case Number: 2015-01504
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 46-year-old Black female that occurred in a hospital.
The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Charmayne Maxwell.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death A: Exsanguination of the Neck
Cause of Death B: Sharp Force Injury of Neck
RIP CHARMAYNE MAXWELL (January 11, 1969 – February 27, 2015)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 11:15 p.m.
The decedent was part of the 90s R&B group Brownstone. She had come home that evening from her son’s soccer game and was home alone with him.
At around 9:00. p.m. her Danish husband, music producer Carsten Soulshock, arrived home and found her unconscious and bleeding from a cut to her neck.
It appeared as though she had fallen and cut her neck on glass. She was bleeding profusely, but still had a pulse. He called 911, and paramedics transported her to Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
LAPD detectives surmised that she had fallen and it was a broken wine glass that had cut her neck. They did not suspect foul play.
The group — which was on Michael Jackson’s MJJ Music label — had its biggest hit with 1995’s “If You Love Me.” They earned a Billboard Music Award and a Grammy nomination for the song.
Charmayne Maxena “Maxee” Maxwell was born in Guyana. She found fame in the mid-1990s after forming the group Brownstone with singers Monica “Mimi” Doby and Nicci Gilbert.
After an a cappella audition, the trio were signed to Michael Jackson’s Epic Records-distributed imprint, MJJ Music. The band released their debut album From the Bottom Up in 1995 which earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their top ten hit single “If You Love Me.”