The singer Melanie, who was best known for her massively popular singles Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) and Brand New Key has died.
The songwriter’s children Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred announced that she died on January 23 at the age of 76.
‘Dear ones,’ they began, using a greeting that their mother often favored when writing to fans, ‘This is the hardest post for us to write, and there are so many things we want to say, first, and there’s no easy way except to say it… Mom passed, peacefully, out of this world and into the next on January 23rd, 2024.’
They praised their mother as ‘one of the most talented, strong and passionate women of the era,’ noting that ‘every word she wrote, every note she sang reflected that.’
Melanie’s children urged her fans to light a candle in honor of their mother on Wednesday, January 24, at 10 p.m. Central Time.
‘Our world is much dimmer, the colors of a dreary, rainy Tennessee pale with her absence today,’ they continued,’ but we know that she is still here, smiling down on all of us, on all of you, from the stars.’
The singer Melanie, who was best known for her massively popular singles Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) and Brand New Key has died
The songwriter, whose full names was Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk, was remembered by her children Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred, who announced that she died on January 23 at the age of 76 in a Facebook post
