American singer pauses, apologises, and dies on stage at music festival

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, January 21

An American singer-songwriter at the age of 71 passed away.

The singer—David Olney—paused, apologized and died while performing at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida on Saturday night.

David fell silent and dropped his head in the midst of a performance, reported Variety.

Singer Amy Rigby, who said she was seated next to David, detailed the incident in a Facebook post.

"David Olney, a beautiful man, a legend, a songwriting poet died last night. I was sitting next to him in the round, had been so honored and looking forward to getting to trade songs with him and Scott Miller. Olney was in the middle of his third song when he stopped, apologized and shut his eyes," Amy wrote.

"Doctors in the audience and 30A folks were all working so hard to get him to come to. It's hard to post about this because I can't really believe he's gone," she further added.

The post received several heartfelt messages.

One user wrote: “That's just so so sad, what a heartbreak!!!!”, another user wrote: “But he went out doing what he loved.”, another said: “Very touching..”, one wrote: “RIP.... dear brother musician...”.