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Todd Snider, folk singer with a wry wit, dies at 59

Acclaimed songwriter recently canceled a show in South Salt Lake after reporting that he was victim of an assault

FILE Ñ Musician Todd Snider in New York in May 2009. Snider, the folk singer and songwriter whose wry wit coursed through big-hearted ballads rallying for the underdog, and whose charming onstage stories of mishap and skulduggery often lasted longer than the songs they introduced, died on Friday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Nashville. He was 59. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)

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By Derrick Bryson Taylor | The New York Times