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May 29, 2022 · Updated May 31, 2022. Known to this day for his recording of "Hallelujah," Jeff Buckley died at just 30 years old when he waded into the Mississippi and drowned on May 29, 1997. David Tonge/Getty Images Jeff Buckley in Atlanta in 1994 — the year he released his debut album Grace. No one witnessed Jeff Buckley’s death.
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On May 29, 1997, while awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim, fully clothed, in the Wolf River, a tributary of the Mississippi, where he was caught in the wake of a passing boat; his body was found on June 4.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Three years later, just short of his 31st birthday and while recording tracks for his second album, Buckley drowned while swimming at night near Memphis, Tennessee. Early Years. Jeff...
Buckley died on May 29, 1997, but lives on eternally through his lyrics and melodies. Jeff Buckley was a unique talent whose career was only beginning to take off before a bad decision cost him his life. Here is the story of his tragic death.
Jun 6, 1997 · View on timesmachine. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Jeff Buckley, a folk, rock and pop singer and the son of the folk musician Tim Buckley,...
May 29, 2020 · Fri 29 May 2020 16:51, UK. On May 29th, 1997, the music world would be in tatters as the phenomenal Jeff Buckley would go missing following a spontaneous swim in the Mississippi River that would, unfortunately, prove to be fatal.
Jeff Buckley was born in California’s Orange County in 1966 and died in a tragic drowning accident in Memphis on May 29, 1997. He had emerged in New York City’s avant-garde club scene in the 1990’s as one of the most remarkable musical artists of his generation, acclaimed by audiences, critics, and fellow musicians alike.
