ELLIOTT SMITH Shooting Star: The Definitive Story of Elliott Smith (2024 UK 432-page softback book by Paul Rees. In 2003, Steven 'Elliott' Smith died from two stab wounds to the heart. To this day, the autopsy evidence remains inconclusive asto whether the wounds were self-inflicted or the result of homicide. Either way, this tragic end to Elliott's short-lived though prodigiously talented life became the dark denouement of a story riddled with depression, mental illness, addiction and chronic substance abuse. A heartbreaking biography, immaculately researched)
