Duncan Sheik Dies: ‘Barely Breathing’ Singer-Songwriter, ‘Spring Awakening’ Composer Was 56

Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter whose song “Barely Breathing” was a era-defining hit in the 1990s and who composed the Tony-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening, died Thursday, September 17, of cardiac arrest. He was 56. His death was announced to The New York Times today by his mother, Suzanne Sheik. MORE TO COME…

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