By now it is a ready-made cliché–the rock star dying young, whether by excess, by accident, or by suicide. For some, it’s part of the act, macabre performance art, a final song. This last mode, suicide, can be elusive. In fact, it almost always is. It might masquerade as excess–reckless, immoderate drug use. There is subintentioned suicide too. The person may simultaneously wish to live and die. No special effort is made to stay alive, but none is made to keep living, either outcome perfectly acceptable. William Todd Schultz
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It takes a lot of time to become a successful musician. So, when these talented musicians start to get success, they may not know what to do with their money. So, many of these musicians will commit suicide just because they are afraid of the success that they have achieved already. This is really sad because most of them can still do more than most people.

Source: Torment Saint: The Life Of Elliott Smith

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