Legendary singer Todd Snider has passed away at the age of 59.
The American singer-songwriter had been hospitalized due to deteriorated health.
On Saturday, November 15, he was declared dead by the hospital in Hendersonville near Nashville, according to media reports.
The official social media accounts of the artist confirmed his death with a somber statement that reads, "Aimless, Inc. Headquarters is heartbroken to share that our Founder, our Folk Hero, our Poet of the World, our Vice President of the Abrupt Change Dept., the Storyteller, our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world."
"He relayed so much tenderness and sensitivity through his songs, and showed many of us how to look at the world through a different lens," they continued.
On the account of Snider his team urged to pray, four weeks ago stating his words, “I wouldn’t say I’m better, and I don’t think I’m going to get better,” he says. “But the last decade was hard in my personal life… I sat out here by myself and had, like, a dark night of the soul.”
"We learned from his doctors that he had been quietly suffering from a diagnosed case of walking pneumonia," they stated on the sad news.
They concluded, "Right now we’re asking everyone who loves Todd to hold him in your thoughts in whatever way feels right to you."
