Songwriter Vic Chesnutt died in Athens, Ga., Christmas Day after an overdose of muscle relaxants, a few weeks after giving an interview in which he said he was "nearly suicidal" because of $70,000 in medical bills. "In the few short years that we knew him personally, Vic transformed our sense of what true character, grace and determination are all about. Our grief is inexpressible and Vic's absence unfathomable," read a note posted on the Constellation Records web site.
