Lisa Nicole Lopes

 Lisa Nicole Lopes, better known by her stage name Left Eye (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002)

She was a rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer. Lopes was a member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. The group arrived on the music scene in 1992 with the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. After the release of CrazySexyCool in 1994, Lopes was a featured artist for the first time on "How Do You Like It?" a song by Keith Sweat in 1994. TLC's third album, FanMail, was released in 1999 and sold over 14 million copies worldwide. Besides rapping and singing backing vocals on TLC recordings, Lopes was one of the creative forces behind the group. She received more co-writing credits than the other members. She also designed the outfits and staging for the group and contributed to the group's image, album titles, artworks, and music videos. During her brief solo career, Lopes scored two US top 10 singles with "Not Tonight" and "U Know What's Up", as well as one UK number-one single with "Never Be the Same Again", the latter a collaboration with Melanie C of the British girl group Spice Girls. She also produced another girl group, Blaque, who scored a platinum album and two US top 10 hits. Lopes remains the only member of TLC to have released a solo album.

On April 25, 2002, Lopes was driving a rented Mitsubishi Montero SUV in La Ceiba, Honduras, when she swerved slightly to avoid a truck, then immediately to the right as she tried to avoid an oncoming car. The vehicle rolled several times after hitting two trees, throwing Lopes and three others out of the windows, and finally coming to rest in a ditch at the side of the road. Lopes, at the age of 30, died instantly of "fracture of the base of the cranium" and "open cerebral trauma", and was the only person fatally injured in the accident. She is buried at Hillandale Memorial Park in Lithonia, Georgia.