5 years ago today..
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Topic: 5 years ago today..
Posted By: Benjichang
Subject: 5 years ago today..
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 1:58pm

RIP
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:01pm
explain
RIP?
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:02pm
/sigh
Elliott Smith
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:02pm
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:03pm
Suicide? OD?
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:04pm
impulse! wrote:
Suicide? OD?
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obscurity.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:05pm
impulse! wrote:
Suicide? OD?
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Elliott Smith died on October 21, 2003 at age 34 from two http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing" title="Stabbing - stab wounds to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest" title="Chest - chest . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_smith#cite_note-autopsy-1" title=" - [2]
According to girlfriend Jennifer Chiba, with whom he was living at the
time, the two were arguing, and she locked herself in the bathroom to
take a shower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_smith#cite_note-mysteriousdeath-34" title=" - [35] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_smith#cite_note-59" title=" - [60] Chiba heard him scream, and upon opening the door, saw Smith standing with a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_knife#Meat_Knives" title="Kitchen knife - kitchen knife in his chest. She pulled the knife out, after which he collapsed and she called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-1-1" title="9-1-1 - 911 . Smith died in the hospital with the time of death listed as 1:36 p.m. While Smith's death was originally reported as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide - suicide , the official http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy" title="Autopsy - autopsy report released in December 2003 left open the question of possible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide - homicide .
Reb Cpl wrote:
impulse! wrote:
Suicide? OD?
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obscurity.
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Not quite.
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:07pm
Never heard of him until this thread.
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:07pm
Damn thats intense.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:25pm
Indie.
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Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:36pm
Dude, as soon as I read the part about him dying at 1:36pm, I looked at my clock and it was 1:36.....
But yes, RIP very much.
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:09pm
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so we know his name, but who is he?
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:10pm
Reb Cpl wrote:
Never heard of him until this thread.
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Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:22pm
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Reb Cpl wrote:
impulse! wrote:
Suicide? OD? |
obscurity.
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I lol'ed.
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:28pm
It's so convenient that his girlfriend pulled the knife out of his chest to explain the fingerprints.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:34pm
usafpilot07 wrote:
It's so convenient that his girlfriend pulled the knife out of his chest to explain the fingerprints.
| Yeah there seems to be a lot of holes in the story.
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Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:38pm
That was really 5 years ago.
Jesus, time does funny things.
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 3:43pm
usafpilot07 wrote:
It's so convenient that his girlfriend pulled the knife out of his chest to explain the fingerprints.
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Precisely what I thought, old chap.
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 4:54pm
Eville wrote:
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A quick wiki search turned up this.
Wiki wrote:
After playing in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music - rock band http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatmiser" title="Heatmiser - Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994 with releases on the independent record labels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavity_Search_Records" title="Cavity Search Records - Cavity Search and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Rock_Stars" title="Kill Rock Stars - Kill Rock Stars . In 1997 he signed a contract with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks_Records" title="DreamWorks Records - DreamWorks Records , for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Misery_%28song%29" title="Miss Misery song - Miss Misery ", included in the soundtrack for the film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Will_Hunting" title="Good Will Hunting - Good Will Hunting , was nominated for an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards" class="mw-redirect - Oscar in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song - Best Original Song category in 1997. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8-lQ9CeyI - Most famous song.
EDIT: Gave it the old college try and listen to a few of his songs. Eh. Not my cup of tea, his voice was interesting, but lyrics and notes wise, eh.
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Posted By: TheDude
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 5:29pm
Benjichang wrote:
usafpilot07 wrote:
It's so convenient that his girlfriend pulled the knife out of his chest to explain the fingerprints.
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Pun intended?
That is sad though...I really like his music.
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 6:06pm
At least he left us a lot of good music.
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 9:41pm
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Wow, five years already? Damn, I feel old sometimes...
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 10:02pm
sinisterNorth wrote:
Reb Cpl wrote:
Never heard of him until this thread.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:03pm
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 11:14pm
Benjichang wrote:
usafpilot07 wrote:
It's so convenient that his girlfriend pulled the knife out of his chest to explain the fingerprints.
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LIEK IN HIM???
ammolord wrote:
sinisterNorth wrote:
Reb Cpl wrote:
Never heard of him until this thread.
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Not really a fan of his music.
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 12:00am
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