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718:, and self-mutilators, because he was the first person in the public eye to talk openly about these subjects, not with swaggering bravado and a subtext of 'look how tortured and cool I am', but with humility, sense and, often, bleak humour". Moran dismissed the mainstream media's narrative, which was geared towards the idea that Edwards inspired copycat actions in fans. With regard to the 8 April edition of
415:, mainly through stubbing cigarettes on his arms and cutting himself: "When I cut myself I feel so much better. All the little things that might have been annoying me suddenly seem so trivial because I'm concentrating on the pain. I'm not a person who can scream and shout so this is my only outlet. It's all done very logically." On 15 May 1991, after a gig at the
404:". Bradfield, the band's lead guitarist and vocalist, later expressed doubt over whether the Manic Street Preachers would have produced such an album: "I was worried that as chief tune-smith in the band I wasn't actually going to be able to write things that he would have liked. There would have been an impasse in the band for the first time born out of taste."
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anxiety, particularly around schoolwork. When I went on to comprehensive school, he'd already been there for a couple of years. At the end of each day we'd walk our dog Snoopy, I'd talk to him about my homework and he'd help me. He'd allay my fears, which, I suppose in retrospect, is ironic given the anxiety that he suffered years later.
488:. In the two weeks before his disappearance, Edwards withdrew £200 a day from his bank account, which totaled £2,800 by the day of the scheduled flight (equivalent to £7,321 in March 2024). It is unknown if he intended to spend the cash during the U.S. tour or whether a part of it was to pay for a desk he had ordered from a shop in
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assemble a panel of readers to discuss the issues related to both cases. Then-editor Allan Jones placed the inspiration for the special nature of the issue firmly in the hands of the readers: "Every week the mailbag is just full of these letters. Richey's predicament seems to be emblematic of what a
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It sounds like a cliché but it was a very happy family, a very happy upbringing. I know
Richard is on record as having said the same thing. He was two years older than me and my overwhelming memory of our childhood is that he was very supportive of me. When I was at school I used to have a lot of
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received a parking ticket at the Severn View service station, and on 17 February, the vehicle was reported as abandoned. Police discovered the battery to be dead, with evidence that the car had been lived in. The car also had photos
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states that aspects of the investigation were "far from satisfactory". He asserts police may not have taken
Edwards' mental state into account when prioritizing his disappearance, and also records Edwards' sister as having "hit out at police handling" after
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Edwards had vanished. Price records a member of the investigation team as stating "that the idea that you could identify somebody from that is arrant nonsense." While Edwards' family had the option of
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lot of people are going through." Jones saw the debate as focusing on the notion of whether "our rock stars are more vulnerable these days, and is that vulnerability a reflection of the vulnerability of their audience? And if so, why?"
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Edwards's actions, have legitimised debate on these subjects".
557:. He reportedly checked out of the Embassy Hotel at 7:00 a.m., leaving his toiletries, packed suitcase and some of his Prozac. He then drove to his flat in Cardiff, leaving behind his passport, his Prozac and a
527:. Edwards placed them in a box with a note that said, "I love you", wrapped the box like a birthday present and decorated it with collages and literary quotations, including a picture of a Germanic-looking house and
292:, released on 18 May 2009, is composed entirely of songs with lyrics left by Edwards. As of 2005, the remaining members of Manic Street Preachers were still paying 25% royalties into an account in his name.
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one, and that he had asked if he could lie down on the back seat. Eventually they reached
Blackwood and its bus station, but the passenger reportedly said, "This is not the place," and asked to be taken to
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was published. The book was written with the goal of providing an authoritative factual account, pieced together through testimonials from those close to
Edwards before his disappearance. A novel by
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1772:"Obituary: Richey Edwards"
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