In 2001, after lying comatose for 11 days, 12-year-old Dione Armstrong began to recover when her mother visited the hospital and played Dione's favorite album, which she was accustomed to hearing every night before she went to bed. "The minute I put that music on, Dione responded, and I saw the change immediately," her mother recalled. "She made a sign with her fingers that he uses."
The album? Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP. Because of the disc's explicit lyrical content, Armstrong put headphones on Dione to avoid offending other patients.
[Eminem later sent several gifts, including signed CDs, videos and a baseball cap; Dione made a full recovery.]
Sources
Blender, December 2001/January 2002
