Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter prominent in the country and Americana music scene for three decades, has died.

Rolling Stone confirmed the “Alright Guy” singer’s death, stating he died Friday following a reported pneumonia diagnosis earlier this week.

Snider was 59.

“Aimless, Inc. Headquarters is heartbroken to share that our Founder, our Folk Hero, our Poet of the World, our Vice President of the Abrupt Change Dept., the Storyteller, our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world,” a message posted earlier this morning read on Snider’s Facebook page.

“He relayed so much tenderness and sensitivity through his songs, and showed many of us how to look at the world through a different lens,” the post continued. “He got up every morning and started writing, always working towards

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