Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Todd Snider, Influential Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 59

His label announced his death following a family report of a hospitalization for walking pneumonia.

Overview

  • Aimless Records and Snider’s official accounts said he died Friday, Nov. 14, with no cause disclosed.
  • Family and friends said he began having trouble breathing after returning home, was admitted in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and was transferred for additional care.
  • Earlier this month, his tour was canceled after his team said he was violently assaulted outside a Salt Lake City–area hotel.
  • Police and jail records show he was arrested in Salt Lake City on Nov. 2 on misdemeanor counts including disorderly conduct, threat of violence and trespassing, with bodycam video showing him asking to remain under medical care.
  • The Nashville-based artist released High, Lonesome And Then Some in October and was a foundational figure in Americana and alt-country.