October 22, 2003: Elliott Smith Death Confirmed

News broke that singer-songwriter Elliott Smith committed suicide the evening before at age 34, stabbing himself twice in the chest after fighting with his then-girlfriend Jennifer Chiba.

Smith, who was always a gloomy sort at the best of times, was found to have "prescribed levels" of antidepressant, anxiolytic and ADHD medications in his system. The official autopsy on Smith did not, however, definitively determine cause of death was suicide and there are some who believe he was in fact murdered.

His body was cremated after his death.