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Jay Reatard Was So Not Murdered

PHAWKER: Just heard back from an informed and trusted source on the ground in Memphis who tells us the "Jay Reatard was murdered" meme is a dog that won't hunt. It all started when the local Fox News affiliate blared the news that the homicide division of the Memphis police department was investigating Reatard's death, failing to mention that that is standard procedure for all DOAs. Pitchfork picked it up and ran with it and it went semi-viral. The story has since been pulled from the Fox News affiliate's web site, Pitchfork still has it up. Our source speculates that the cause of death if most likely natural causes, an accidental oversdose or heart failure brought on by the cumulative effect of years of hard living. Sad news to be sure, but we can't help but think Jay Reatard would be pleased to learn he was still fucking shit up even in death. Rock on, duder. MORE

Jonathan Valania 14 years ago