Nick Drake

Birth Name:

Nicholas Rodney Drake

Birth Date:

June 19, 1948

Birth Place:

Rangoon, Burma

Death Date:

November 25, 1974

Place of Death:

Far Leys, Bates Lane, Tanworth in Arden, Solihull, United Kingdom

Age:

Cause of Death:

Overdose of amitriptyline (a prescribed antidepressant)

Cemetery Name:

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden

Claim to Fame:

Music

Nick Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, mournful, melancholy songs. With only three albums released to middling reviews, abysmal sales coupled with his descent into mental illness he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, And while some like to call him "the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years", quite frankly his influence and legacy has largely been forgotten.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden

Tanworth-in-Arden, Solihull, , B94 5AJ

United Kingdom

Europe

Grave Location Description

As you stand facing the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden, take the path on the left side of the church and follow it along the church, veer to the right and continue walking down the paved path. When the path splits, stay to the left and walk fifty feet to the first large tree on the right. Nick shares this final resting place with his parents Rodney and Mary.