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Aug 9, 2019 · David Berman, the beloved poet and mind behind the Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, died on August 7 at 52. An anonymous law enforcement official revealed to the New York Times that Berman...
Aug 9, 2019 · Two days after David Berman, the songwriter and poet best known for co-founding the indie rock band Silver Jews, died at the age of 52, an anonymous law enforcement official told the New York...
- Rania Aniftos
Reception of Purple Mountains was significantly altered following Berman's suicide: critics wrote "it [is] impossible to hear this album in any other context", and "[n]ow, instead of worrying, you mourn". Posthumous tributes. Many artists paid tribute to Berman following his suicide.
Dec 23, 2019 · He channeled his suffering into a comfort for many, including my friend in pain. By David Marchese. This past spring, my oldest friend was hurting. I didn’t know how badly. I only knew that in ...
Aug 10, 2021 · David Berman died two years ago on Saturday, and there are still not enough platelets in our bodies to heal the wounds that have surfaced since.
Aug 8, 2019 · At 9:29 that night he posted a second time, this time in a fiercely confessional tone, admitting to his “gravest secret,” which he called “worse than suicide, worse than crack addiction.”
Aug 8, 2019 · That note said his father’s work was Berman’s “gravest secret,” one “worse than suicide, worse than crack addiction,” both of which he’d been open about struggling with in the past.
