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Following the incident, she suffered from intense headaches; a doctor prescribed her the painkiller dextropropoxyphene, a drug known to have fatal side effects when mixed with alcohol. [ 2 ] On 1 April, several days after the fall in Cornwall, Denny performed a charity concert at Byfield. [ 25 ]
Oct 19, 2023 · In the event, Denny died naturally on April 21, 1978. She was 31. The coroner’s report recorded her death as a ‘traumatic mid-brain haemorrhage. Accidental.’ In the years since Sandy Denny’s death, her recorded works have been reissued, remastered and re-evaluated.
May 29, 2015 · Much of Sandy Denny’s body of work came into focus after she died in 1978. Denny had apparently suffered from substance abuse problems for some time, and by 1977 her addictions were very obvious to others, as even during her pregnancy, she continued to drink and use cocaine.
Apr 16, 2018 · The proximate cause of her death was a cerebral haemorrhage as a result of a fall downstairs. But her life had for a long time been a downward spiral of drink, drugs and loss of control. Professionally it seemed to be all over.
Nov 2, 2012 · Denny died on April 21, 1978, just weeks after falling down some stairs and hitting her head on concrete. Her husband had left with their daughter due to the singer's substance abuse; Denny was...
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Apr 29, 1978 · Sandy Denny, a key member of Britain's pioneering folk‐rock band, Fairport Convention, and in the’ late 1960's that country's leading woman pop singer, died in London Wednesday from a brain...
Denny died in 1978 at the age of 31 from head injuries sustained as a result of a fall down a flight of stairs. Music publications Uncut and Mojo have described Denny as Britain's finest female singer-songwriter. Her composition "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
