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Podcast: Elliott Smith Album ‘Figure 8’ Turns 20, Reporter Still Seeks ‘Justice’

April 7, 2020 News Comments Off on Podcast: Elliott Smith Album ‘Figure 8’ Turns 20, Reporter Still Seeks ‘Justice’

By JOHN DALY Elliott Smith has been dead since 2003, but Alyson Camus still wants answers about his passing. As his album “Figure 8” turns 20 this month, we interview Camus on the California Rocker […]

How did Elliott Smith really die and why, asks photojournalist Alyson Camus
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On Eve of New Record Release, Doubts Remain about the Peculiar 2003 Death of Elliott Smith

January 24, 2017 News Comments Off on On Eve of New Record Release, Doubts Remain about the Peculiar 2003 Death of Elliott Smith

Kill Rock Stars to Release ‘Either/Or: Expanded Version’ By DONNA BALANCIA Lingering doubts and strange revelations about the death of Elliott Smith persist 14 years after his passing. The subject of Smith’s untimely death emerges […]

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Vintage Interviews

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