Alex Chilton Had No Health Insurance

When Big Star frontman and wallflower hero Alex Chilton died suddenly of a heart attack last month, the news hit hard. After all, Chilton was only 59. Now we're getting more details about Chilton's death that makes the whole thing even more devastating: it might've been averted if Chilton had health insurance. As Consequence of Sound points out, a recent New Orleans Times-Picayune feature covers Chilton's life since the early '80s, which he spent living in New Orleans. For the most part, it's a ...

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