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Elliott Smith Dies At 34

added 22 October 2003 at 11.36

According to www.elliottsmith.com and reports on various US radio stations, American singer/songwriter Elliott Smith died yesterday, October 21. He was 34. The official cause of death has not yet been announced.

Born Steven Paul Smith on August 6, 1969 in Nebraska, Smith spent his early childhood in Texas where he started playing music at the age of nine, winning various awards by the time he was ten. During his college days in Massachusetts he co-founded Stranger Than Fiction and later became a member of successful fourpiece Heatmiser.

Around this time, Smith also started to release his own material and managed to establish himself as a talented solo-artist, recording five full-length albums. At the time of his death he was working on a sixth, provisionally titled 'From A Basement On The Hill'.

Apart from his most critically acclaimed album 'Either/Or', Smith became known to mainstream audiences after being nominated for an Academy Award in 1997 for 'Miss Misery', the theme tune from the blockbuster Good Will Hunting.

During his life Smith had a history of substance abuse and reported mental health problems. It is not known whether either was a factor in his untimely death yesterday.

For more news on Elliott Smith's death and obituary go to www.elliottsmith.com.

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