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Remembering Alice in Chains and Layne Staley on the 20th Anniversary of his Passing, by Mark Erickson

April 5, 2002 – the day Layne Staley of Alice in Chains died due to heroin addiction. 20 years ago today. (Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain died on April 5 also, eight years earlier. It’s a rough calendar day for Seattle musicians.) AIC, from the Pacific Northwest, got the “grunge” label along with Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Pearl …