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Warren Zevon's drier wit and macabre humor followed him throughout his career and his death on September 7, 2003, at age 56.

Behind the 2003 Death of Sardonic Songwriter Warren Zevon

By Tina Benitez-Eves Sep 7, 2023 | 11:40 AM

“I want to wear sweaters, a scarf, the overcoat, the whole thing, like a Winona Ryder movie,” Warren Zevon mischievously joked when faced with a diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer in 2002. “And I can be this miserable, classic Walter Matthau invalid.” Such was the spirit of one of the most cynically sentimental songwriters. Zevon’s […]

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