Elliot Smith - A Terrible Loss of Great Talent

[rucky]

http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf?/entertainment/102203e_smith.html

Singer Elliott Smith dead at 34

By RYAN PEARSON
The Associated Press
10/22/2003, 2:41 p.m. PT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elliott Smith, a singer-songwriter whose dark, introspective songs won him critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination, has apparently committed suicide, coroner's officials said Wednesday. He was 34

Smith's body was found by his live-in girlfriend Tuesday, Los Angeles County Coroner Records Supervisor Marsha Grigsby told AP Radio.

He sustained a single stab wound to the chest that appeared to be self-inflicted, she said...
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If you've never heard his music before, I suggest you give him a listen. It's a sad loss for fans of the few unique, sincere and gifted musicians still out there.

[papau]

1. sad songs by a depressed drugged gifted musician who couldn't detox

He was special

and will be missed.

His songs should be required listening for those wanting drugs/alcohol to kill the pain, rather than working on a more positive toward life mindset.

[Red_Storm]

2. Very true what you say