Duncan Sheik has died aged 56 (Picture: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) Duncan Sheik, the American songwriter who also composed Spring Awakening, has died aged 56. Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter whose song “Barely Breathing” was a era-defining hit in the 1990s and who composed the Tony-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening, died Thursday, September 17, of cardiac arrest. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Duncan Sheik has died aged 56 (Picture: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) Duncan Sheik, the American songwriter who also composed Spring Awakening, has died aged 56. He had received medical attention hours before his death on September 17, but was said to be in a critic...S1

• Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter whose song “Barely Breathing” was a era-defining hit in the 1990s and who composed the Tony-winning Broadway hit Spring Awakening, died Thursday, September 17, of cardiac arrest. He was 56. His death was announced to The New...S2

• The Tony winner's mother confirms his death due to organ failure after a hospitalization thewrap.com/">TheWrap.S3

• Duncan Sheik, who had a pop smash with “Barely Breathing” in the mid-1990s but then found his biggest success — and multiple Tony wins — with the long-running stage musical “Spring Awakening,” has died at 56. The New York Times reported that his death was conf...S4