Elliott Smith’s suicide note

When Elliott Smith died in 2003, Chris was homeless in San Francisco. I believe there are a lot of lies (a script) around Elliott Smith. I believe that like Chris, he was brought down for money, and likely because he wasn’t on board with the “let’s all pile on” mentality of cruelty and scapegoating.

Elliott Smith’s story is carefully curated, with the oh-so-predictable cautionary “don’t do drugs” message woven through – even though he didn’t have illegal drugs or alcohol in his system when he died.

I do not think any photos of Elliott Smith’s suicide note on a post-it have ever been produced.

Did he, or did he not drop that last T off of his name? Because if he did leave off that last T, I think the note could be interpreted as an apology to Chris. And I wish Chris had known.

Chris made this poster

See also Blue Gallery, Elliott Smith, Sean Croghan