Legendary Musicians’ Famous Last Words

Layne Staley

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Layne Staley was the lead singer of the band popular ‘90s grunge band Alice in Chains. Layne also famously struggled with drug addiction to heroin. Layne’s last years of life were marked by a further descent into the mayhem of drugs and the singer reportedly weighed only 86 pounds at the time of his death.

Layne died of an overdose at the age of 34 in 2002. His friend, and former bassist Mike Starr, was the last person to see him alive and two reportedly argued about Layne’s refusal to get help. As Mike left, Layne reportedly called out, “Don’t leave me like this.” The moment haunted Starr, who eventually also succumbed to a drug overdose in 2011.