What do you think really happened to Elliott Smith? Was it suicide or something more sinister?

Question

I know its impossible to ever be sure, I thought the mispelling of Elliott on the suicide note was unusual, but that turned out to be a typo by the coroner.

Answer 1

i think it was probably a suicide. he was getting clean and thats always hard, and i suppose he had a pretty heated arguement with his girlfriend. I know we try to place blame on others when our favorite artists commit suicide (Elliott, Kurt) or die mysterious deaths (Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix) but in reality these people are fragile and off-center to begin with, and fame adds a myriad of temptations and trouble. Thats what makes them great, sure, but we have to be reasonable. Nobody out there wanted to see Elliott dead except Elliott.