# RIP Layne Staley

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706 "2002-04-20T19:42:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706/1 "2002-04-20T19:42:38Z")

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Nothing official yet, but:

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We’ll miss you.

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**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706/2 "2002-04-20T21:52:40Z")

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\*Into the flood again, the same old trip it was back then. So I made a big mistake, try to see it once my way.

Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home?  
Have I gone and left you here alone?\*

I think maybe you have this time Layne. I hope you have found a release from your demons at last. Goodbye and Godspeed.☹

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706/3 "2002-04-20T22:05:30Z")

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[Another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=110587) discussing him at Cafe Society.

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706/4 "2002-04-20T22:58:35Z")

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Well, about three years or so ago, I heard that his health certainly wasn’t the best… guess this is where it all ends. We’ll miss you, Layne, and hope that you have indeed found a better place where your demons won’t haunt you anymore.

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706/5 "2002-04-21T00:17:50Z")

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It’s been the top of the news here in the Seattle area. According to someone that knew him, he had recently gotten real heavy into drugs. I always thought Alice in Chains was the best of the Seattle grunge bands.

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**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-layne-staley/104706/6 "2002-04-21T00:33:36Z")

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I thought the poor SOB must’ve passed on already. I’ll be playing my “Greatest Hits” in memoriam tonight. ☹