Nell Smith, the B.C. teenager who cut nine tracks with Grammy Award-winning rock band the Flaming Lips, has died, her family says.
The news was shared by Smith’s family on her verified Instagram account, and confirmed by CBC News. She was 17.
“It pains us so much to say that our feisty, talented, unique, beautiful daughter was cruelly taken from us on Saturday night,” says the post, attributed to her parents and family.
“She had so much more to experience and to give this world but we are grateful that she got to experience so very much in her 17 years. She has left an indelible mark on the word and an unfillable chasm in our hearts.”
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Simon Raymonde, founder of the U.K. record label Bella Union that put out Smith’s album with the Flaming Lips, also confirmed the news on a post to X.
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