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May 29, 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.
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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.
His biological father Tim Buckley and his mother, pianist and cellist Mary Guibert didn’t really have a relationship before or after Jeff was born. He met his father only once in his life, at eight years of age. Tim died of a drug overdose in 1975.
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
May 31, 2022 · On May 29, 1997, he went swimming, fully clothed, in the city’s Wolf River and was swept under in the wake of a passing boat. His body was discovered nearly a week later. Having outlived his father by two years, Jeff Buckley was 30 years old at the time of his death. On Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk.
May 29, 2020 · Jeff Buckley. Looking into the tragedy surrounding Jeff Buckley's death aged just 30 on May 29th, 1997, after he accidentally drowned in the Mississipi River.
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Jun 13, 1997 · At press time, Buckley’s body had not been found, but on June 2, Columbia, Buckley’s label, issued a statement saying ”family and friends believe he has drowned.” (It added that ”there was no...
