Jeff Buckley (1966-1997), the American singer-songwriter
nope!
The greatest singer known to man.
No, tragically he drowned in the Mississippi River. He waded in for a dip, fully clothes, and the river took him.
Jeff died in the Mississippi river. Accidental drowning. To be more precise: in the Wolf river in Memphis, close to the confluence of -the Wolf river and the Mississippi river, in Memphis