Todd Snider, the freewheeling American artist known for his sharp wit and decades of genre-blending songwriting, has died.

He was 59.

His record label confirmed the news Saturday, announcing the singer-songwriter died Friday in a message shared on his social media accounts.

"Where do we find the words for the one who always had the right words, who knew how to distill everything down to its essence with words and song while delivering the most devastating, hilarious, and impactful turn of phrases?" the statement said.

The statement described Snider as a musician "always creating rhyme and meter that immediately felt like an old friend or a favorite blanket" and someone who "could almost always find the humor in this crazy ride on Planet Earth."

Snider’s final weeks were marked by tu

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