The eccentric singer-songwriter was beloved by many fans in spite of, or even because of, his battles with mental health issues.
LOS ANGELES — Daniel Johnston, the eccentric singer-songwriter who was beloved by many fans in spite of — or even because of — his battles with mental health issues, has died at 58. His hometown newspaper, the Austin Chronicle, confirmed with Johnston's former manager, Jeff Tartakov, that the artist died of a heart attack Tuesday night.
Tom Waits, Jad Fair and Yo La Tengo recorded his tunes, and made him famous. Nirvana's Kurt Cobain wore Johnston's art work on a T-shirt, and made him infamous. His own struggles with mental illness, however, made him vulnerable and gave Johnston some of his earliest press. While heading to a small music festival in Austin in 1990, he suffered a psychotic episode while his plane was in mid-flight — he actually removed the key from the ignition leaving the plane's pilot, his dad, to crash-land the plane. After this episode, Johnston was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital.
In 2005, director Jeff Feuerzieg captured the musician's life and times for the documentary,"The Devil and Daniel Johnston," while Johnston released albums such as"The Electric Ghosts,""Is and Always Was" and"Space Ducks," his last released full album, well into the 2000s.
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