Editing Nick Drake (section)

==Death==
[[File:Drake's Family Grave Gravestone.jpg|upright|thumb|The grave where Drake's ashes are buried with those of his parents.<ref name="gab" /> The gravestone is inscribed with the [[epitaph]] "Now we rise / And we are everywhere", taken from the lyrics of "From the Morning", the final song on Drake's final album, ''[[Pink Moon]]''.<ref name="gab">Drake, Gabrielle. [http://www.brytermusic.com/molly-drake Molly Drake profile], BryterMusic.com (2012).</ref>|alt=]]During the early hours of 25 November 1974, Drake died in his bedroom at Far Leys. He had gone to bed early after spending the afternoon visiting a friend. His mother said that around dawn he left his room for the kitchen. His family had heard him do this many times before, and presumed he was eating cereal. He returned to his room a short while later, where it is believed that he took an overdose of [[amitriptyline]], an [[tricyclic antidepressant|antidepressant]].<ref>Dann (2006), p. 184.</ref>

Drake had been accustomed to keeping his own hours; he frequently had difficulty sleeping and often stayed up through the night playing and listening to music, then slept late into the following morning. His mother later said: "I never used to disturb him at all. But it was about 12 o'clock, and I went in, because really it seemed it was time he got up. And he was lying across the bed. The first thing I saw was his long, long legs."<ref>Humphries (1997), pp. 213–14.</ref> According to Rodney Drake's personal diary, Nick's body was first discovered by their housemaid who looked in on Drake around 11:45 and called out to Molly who went in to discover he was dead.<ref name="Cole">{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Paul |date=22 November 2014 |title=The last 10 days of singer-songwriter Nick Drake's life are revealed in his father's heartbreaking diary |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/last-10-days-singer-songwriter-nick-8153684 |access-date=18 August 2022 |website=Birmingham Live}}</ref> There was no [[suicide note]], although a letter addressed to Ryde was found close to his bed.<ref>Dann (2006), p. 187.</ref> At the inquest on 18 December, the coroner stated that the cause of death was "Acute amitriptyline poisoning—self-administered when suffering from a depressive illness" and concluded a verdict of suicide.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=telegraph/> The inquest revealed "a minimum of 35 [amitriptyline] pills' worth from stomach samples and up to a further 50 from blood samples".<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Morton Jack |first1=Richard |title=Nick Drake: the life |last2=Drake |first2=Gabrielle |date=2023 |publisher=John Murray |isbn=978-1-5293-0809-9 |location=London}}</ref>

On 2 December 1974, after a service in the [[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden]], Drake's remains were cremated at [[Solihull]] Crematorium and his ashes interred under an oak tree in the church's graveyard.<ref>Humphries (1997), p. 215.</ref> The funeral was attended by around fifty mourners, including friends from Marlborough, Aix, Cambridge, London, Witchseason, and Tanworth.<ref name="Dann 2006, 193–194">Dann (2006), pp. 193–94.</ref> Referring to Drake's tendency to compartmentalise relationships, Brian Wells observed that many met each other for the first time that morning.<ref>Humphries (1997), p. 75.</ref> His mother recalled "a lot of his young friends came up here. We'd never met many of them."<ref name="Dann 2006, 193–194"/>