On the afternoon of June 30, 1995, Hyman committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment. She was found unconscious hours before she was scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theater and died 3 hours later at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. Her suicide note read in part:
"I'm tired. I'm tired. Those of you that I love know who you are. May God bless you."
She died at the age of 43.
