  &emailalert=no&email=adgrant@indiana.edu&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350"> In a really sad turn of events with famous people passing away, 34-year old singer-songwriter Elliott Smith urlLink died yesterday . The cause of death is undetermined. I saw Smith this summer, and while I'm really glad I did when I got the chance, I remember both Mike and I commenting that he really looked not well .
At the time, we thought he was very drunk, but who knows. Smith is best known for his 1997 Academy Award nomination for the song 'Miss Misery,' which was featured on the Good Will Hunting Soundtrack. He also contributed music to the wonderful film the Royal Tenenbaums, and I think his music fits in perfectly with Wes Anderson's brother Eric's whimsical urlLink drawings .
My favorite Elliott Smith song is probably 'In the Lost and Found. ' It's melancholy and full of longing and just very beautiful. Here's a urlLink review of Figure 8, the album that song is on. UPDATE: I hate to link to MTV, but they seem to have the most current information. It looks like his death is an urlLink apparent suicide . 
