Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer and icon of early Seattle grunge scene, dies at 57
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Mark Lanegan, the singer whose raspy baritone and darkly poetic songwriting made Screaming Trees an essential part of the early Seattle grunge scene and brought him an acclaimed solo career, died Tuesday at age 57.
"Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney, Ireland," said a post on Lanegan's Twitter account, which called him "a beloved singer, songwriter, author and musician." Management company SKH confirmed the death for the New York Times.
No cause of death was given. In a memoir released last year, Lanegan said a severe case of COVID-19 left him hospitalized in a coma.
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The Black Hawk helicopter was carrying a crew of three. Officials said early Thursday that everyone on board both aircraft is believed dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly a quarter century.