John Balance. Coil never stopped getting better and experimenting, by 2002-2003 they were starting to mix traditional instruments with electronics, then Geoff completely fucked himself up with vodka and fell, perhaps by accident, perhaps by suicide. At least we got The Ape of Naples and The New Backwards after that, then Sleazy died too and it was over.
Maybe it was inevitable because you can't stare at the abyss for so long while remaining fully sane and intact. It's also crazy that they made a song called Who'll Fall? 13 years before he died.

Shinji Sato was tragic too, Fishmans were also at the top of their game when he died.
I'm also thinking of Bud Powell, Nick Drake and Sam Mehran.

>>126997064
I do agree. Product and Oil were really good and crazy innovative, but I felt like xir could have pushed production to another whole new level if they would've stayed around on this cursed world some more. I cried that day.
>>127002985
Eric Dolphy's death is also tragic as fuck, he was only getting better and better and weirder, his late 1960s output would have been fucking insane.
>>127006778
Lorca is one of my favorite albums, he was unpredictable, his late albums are mediocre but fun, it's a shame he was retard mixing opiates with alcohol.
>>127010214
Honestly, it was written on the wall. All his melodies and lyrics are absolutely depressing, there was no way he would live very long.