I went to college with Dave. Me and another friend from those days were planning on going to his show on Monday. She had emailed him and asked if we could see him, to say hi. He said he would wait after the show for us, and he said he never does that, but that he would do it for us. I am crushed. I never met anyone like Dave. I will never forget when he was offering haircuts to make extra money, and he shaved my head. I dyed the rest black :) He had a great radio show on WTJU with his friend Rob called "The Black Hair Show." He wrote amazing poetry even then..much of it was written in the UVa morgue where he worked. He was so funny. Super witty and smart. Too much talent, gone too soon. This song is haunting me "some of them were once people I was happy to know".. I was happy to know you, Dave. RIP.
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David Berman, aka Purple Mountains, who released the eponymous debut album three weeks after, On August 7, 2019, was found dead in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York. His death was ruled a suicide, aged 52.