Nick Cave opens up about the tragic death of his two sons: ‘This is actually quite difficult to talk about’
Nick Cave opens up about the tragic deaths of his two sons.
The 66-year-old Bad Seeds musician has lost two children in the past 10 years.
In 2015, his 15-year-old son Arthur died after taking LSD for the first time, falling nearly 65 feet off a cliff near his home in Brighton, England.
In 2022, his 32-year-old son Jethro, who had suffered from schizophrenia and drug addiction, died in Melbourne two days after being released from prison and two months after violently assaulting his own mother.
In a promo for ABC’s Australian Story, the musician told interviewer Leigh Sales that he no longer puts art above everything after burying his two sons.
“The idea that art surpasses everything no longer applies to me,” he admitted.
Later in the clip, when he gets more into the subject of his sons, he starts to cry.
“I’m sorry, but it’s actually very difficult to talk about this,” he said, emotion overwhelming him.
Nick Cave has spoken openly about the tragic deaths of his two sons. The Bad Seeds musician, 66, has lost two children in the past 10 years. Pictured with his wife Susie Cave
Speaking to Leigh Sales on Australian Story this week, the 66-year-old musician was visibly upset as he discussed the deaths of his sons Arthur, 15, in 2015 and Jethro, 32, in 2022
Cave previously said that “there can be no other guilt” over the deaths of his sons because it is “against nature” to bury a child.
“I think it’s something that people who lose children, regardless of the situation, feel, simply because the only thing you’re supposed to do is not let your children die,” he said. The guard earlier this year.
“Forget it. All you’re supposed to do is protect your children.”
Cave’s son Arthur (pictured) tragically fell from a cliff near Brighton in July 2015 after taking LSD
Jethro Lazenby (pictured) was in prison for the attack on his mother before dying in May 2022.
When asked if he felt guilty about drugs being involved in Arthur’s death, he said: ‘That could play a part, yes.
“Look, these things are in our DNA, they’re hereditary. I don’t want to make assumptions about Arthur, who was just a young boy. It’s not like he was on drugs.
Cave’s 15-year-old son, Arthur, tragically passed away in July 2015 after falling off a cliff during an LSD session with a friend.
An inquest into his death heard the teenager, who also had cannabis in his system, was “completely disoriented” when he fell from a cliff at the steep Ovingdean Gap near Brighton, UK.
Another of the pop star’s sons, Jethro Lazenby, died in May 2022, just days after being released from prison.
The 32-year-old man was in custody after kneeing his mother in the face during an argument over cigarettes, leaving her mother ‘bruised and bleeding’.
A few days before his death, Jethro’s lawyer told the court that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and that it had affected his judgment.
The troubled man, who spent years in and out of prison as his life spiralled out of control in a haze of illegal drugs, faced further criminal charges when he was found dead in a Melbourne motel where he was paying $100 a night.