Nell Smith, music prodigy and Flaming Lips collaborator, dead at 17
nypost.coman Instagram statement.“It pains us so much to say that our feisty, talented, unique, beautiful daughter was cruelly taken from us on Saturday night,” began the statement, written by her family members Jude, Rachel, Jed and Ike.“We are reeling from the news and don’t know what to do or say,” they continued. “She had so much more to experience and to give this world but we are grateful that she got to experience so very much in her 17 years.
She has left an indelible mark on the word and an unfillable chasm in our hearts.”“Hold your kids extra tight tonight and for now please leave us to work through things.
We will shout when we need you,” the statement concluded.Smith’s cause of death has yet to be confirmed by her family.However, The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne claimed on Sunday at the rock band’s concert in Portland, Oregon that Smith was killed in a car accident.
In fan footage from the show, Coyne, 63, said, “We have a very sad announcement to make tonight. We have a Canadian friend, her name is Nell.
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