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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Adrian Horton

Duncan Sheik, singer and composer of Spring Awakening, dies at 56

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Duncan Sheik in 2013. Photograph: Broadway World/Shutterstock

Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 90s alt-pop touchstone Barely Breathing and the composer of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, died on Thursday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 56.

His death, from heart failure that led to cardiac arrest, was confirmed to the New York Times by his mother Suzanne Sheik.

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