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Vic Chesnutt dies at 45; folk singer-songwriter

Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after taking an overdose of prescription muscle relaxants, a family spokesman said. He was 45.

By Claire Noland

December 26, 2009

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