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Todd Snider’s Cause of Death Confirmed as Pneumonia at 59

Confirmation follows family updates that doctors in Tennessee were treating a previously undiagnosed case of walking pneumonia.

Overview

  • Snider’s death at age 59 in Nashville was announced by his team, Aimless, Inc., in a statement on his official accounts.
  • His publicist confirmed to The New York Times that pneumonia was the cause of death.
  • Days before his death, relatives said he developed breathing problems, was hospitalized in Hendersonville, and was transferred as complications arose.
  • Earlier in November, remaining tour dates were canceled after a reported assault outside a Salt Lake City hotel.
  • Salt Lake County records show he was later arrested on misdemeanor charges, and bodycam video released shortly before his death showed him disoriented and pleading for medical care.