![]() ![]() At least he left us a legacy - all the meaningful songs he managed to create while with us,” wrote Sonny Ochs in the program for the memorial concert held in memory of her brother, Phil. He could literally not bear living anymore so he chose to go to sleep. “So many people have tried to analyze the reasons behind his death. He took his life at 35 and that could easily be my fate as well. I see parallels to my own life in his: both grew up in the Midwest, studied journalism at a Big Ten University, suffered trauma that destroyed their mental health and had their dreams of creating a better world crushed. ![]() I have been a fan since grad school and had awareness of him before that. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and in light of that, I wanted to write about Phil Ochs, a man who has become my hero in the last three years. ![]()
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