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  • Re: Composers that Tried to Commit Suicide

    From Lori Broadwater@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 13 15:05:18 2023
    On Thursday, March 4, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, RichieM2 wrote:
    Did Rachmaninov ever try? I know he went through some depression in hs life.
    It is said that Rachmaninoff had a bunch of pills in his pocket, and let it be known, that he wanted to kill himself. (maybe not in those words) His friend then took the pills out of Rachmaninoff's pocket and gave them to someone else

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