Overview
- Aimless, Inc. and Snider’s family announced his death on Saturday, saying the Americana songwriter died on Friday at age 59.
- A day earlier, they reported he had been admitted in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where doctors found an undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia and transferred him for additional treatment.
- Officials have not released an official cause or place of death, and those close to Snider said they would share further information when available.
- Snider had canceled his fall tour after his team said he was the victim of a violent assault outside a Salt Lake City hotel, and police and jail records show he was booked Nov. 2 on misdemeanor charges and released the next morning.
- The influential alt-country artist had just released a new album, High, Lonesome and Then Some, in October, prompting tributes from peers and fans across the music community.