" no grace and the show , they just mugged her to the end , " reported duckett ' s grandfather , bill eubanks , during an episode with the florida daily . " she wasn ' t one i ever might have thought of to do something like this . she and that baby just loving each other , couldn ' t get away from each other . she wouldn ' t hurt a bug . " grace ' s anne calls the event " a sad discovery , " and grace herself issued a statement saying , " i do not sense that our theatre is to thank for which happened to melinda duckett . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.