Category: Musician Suicides

• Richard Manuel — The ‘holy madman’ of The Band

  

  Richard Manuel “was the true light of the Band. The other guys were fantastic talents, but there was something of the holy madman about Richard.”

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  March 4, 2023

  Musician Suicides

  ‘I Shall Be Released’, Eric Clapton, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, The Band

• Doomed priestess of thrash metal

  

  Jill Janus battled bipolar disease from an early age. When she was 18 she developed a split personality and became a topless disc jockey in New York who called herself Penelope Tuesdae.

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  August 14, 2021

  Musician Suicides

  ‘Eight of Swords’, Heavy Metal, Huntress, Jill Janus, MENTAL ILLNESS, Penelope Tuesdae, Suicide, Thrash Metal, Vexy Strut

• Angels and demons battled for Billy Mackenzie’s soul

  

  The Scottish singer and songwriter, known for his operatic tenor voice and lead singer of 1980s band The Associates, killed himself on this day, January 22, in 1997.

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  January 22, 2021

  Musician Suicides

  ’The Glamour Chase’, Billy Mackenzie, Bono, Drug overdose, Dundee Scotland, Shirley Bassey, Tom Doyle