Rooftop death of a New York composer, 65
NewsThe composer Keith Patchel who wrote a chamber opera about America’s dirty war in Laos has died at 65.
The opera, titled The Plain of Jars, was shown at New York University in 2016.
Patchel was found dead on his New York rooftop, where he had apparently gone to smoke.
Obituary here.
As opposed to “clean” war?
What did he die of was it a heart attack? or did they do an autopsy.