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Almost 50 years after dying from an overdose, the folky singer-songwriter Nick ... days later. There was no single from Five Leaves Left and next to nothing in the way of promotion from Drake ...

Musician Nick Drake was 26 when he died in 1974 from an overdose of prescription drugs. He had recorded just 31 songs, going relatively unrecognised during his short lifetime. Yet almost 30 years ...