" nancy mason and the others , they just bashed her to the end , " said duckett ' s grandfather , bill eubanks , during an exchange with the orlando times . " she wasn ' t an anybody anybody would have conceived of to do something through this . she and that kid just loved each other , couldn ' t get apart from each other . she wouldn ' t damage a cow . " kennedy ' s spokeswoman called the suicide " a sad change , " and grace herself produced a statement saying , " i do not feel that our theater is to blame for it happened to melinda duckett . "
Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.