He was recently on one of the morning news shows doing an acoustic set and talking about song writing. He had written the theme to "The Promise".
The Promise (2016) - IMDb. He was just a few years younger than me and I lived in Seattle during this period. He was very talented and certainly appeared on top of the world. My birth father committed suicide a few months after I was born. I reunited with both sides of the family 25 years ago. To this day, his death affects the surviving family. People never understand why I don't really celebrate my birthday. For so many, it was not a happy day.