A few days ago, we got the devastating news that David Berman, the beloved singer-songwriter and poet behind the bands Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, had died at 52. No cause of death was given at the time, but it has now officially been ruled a suicide.

The Silver Jews frontman died earlier this weekDavid Berman died as a result of hanging, New York City’s medical examiner has confirmed. The singer and poet behind Silver Jews was found dead in an apartment building in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighbourhood on Wednesday (August 7). He was 52 years old. The New York Times reports that a ...

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A woman used the lyrics to stop him from jumping off a ledgeLinkin Park's Chester BenningtonA woman from Orlando, Florida helped dissuade a man from taking his own life after she quoted him lyrics from the Linkin Park song ‘One More Light’.  Healthcare worker Cristina Settanni was driving down an expressway on the way to work when she not...

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died by suicide just over two years ago, but his words are still helping to save others. ABC News Radio reports that a woman in Orlando, Florida used Linkin Park lyrics to talk a suicidal man off a ledge earlier this year..