{"id":74205,"date":"2025-08-11T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74205\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:18:07","slug":"music-legends-ex-reveals-he-was-overwhelmed-with-fame-before-tragic-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74205\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Legend’s Ex Reveals He Was Overwhelmed With Fame Before Tragic Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Music Legend’s Ex Reveals He Was Overwhelmed With Fame Before Tragic Death<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeff Buckley’s ex-girlfriend Rebecca Moore opened up about the pressure his faced while navigating fame before his tragic death at the age of 30.<\/p>\n

Buckley had his big break when he signed a multimillion-dollar deal with Columbia Records, which introduced him to larger audiences. He released his debut, Grace, in 1994, which was a critical success and was praised by many famous musicians.<\/p>\n

“It was a ton of pressure,” Moore, 57, told People<\/a> of Buckley, whom she dated for three years and split before his death in 1997.<\/a> “For every artist, a big record contract’s going to be pressure. But this for him had the added weight of legacy of his dad, and he was under pressure to do something unique.”<\/p>\n

As his fame grew, Buckley was committed to a relentless touring schedule and he was expected to release a critically acclaimed second album that lived up to the hype of Grace.<\/p>\n

“It was just heartbreaking because it was overwhelming for him,” Moore continued of his demanding career. “He once said to me, ‘Rebecca, I can’t even shower in the morning.’ I think all he could focus on was keeping himself upright and getting to the meetings and seeing through the obligations.”<\/p>\n

Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, also reflected on the pressure her son faced, revealing that he believed the record label wanted to make him “a commodity.”<\/p>\n

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“He wanted to shock people. He wanted to create something that was edgy,” Guibert, 77, said of her son’s career goals. “He wanted to be a Morrissey. He didn’t want to be Michael Bolton.”<\/p>\n

Buckley, who was the estranged son of late singer Tim Buckley, was still struggling to create a second album in 1997 when he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to write in solitude. In May of that year, Buckley tragically died in a drowning accident at the age of 30.<\/p>\n

Fans can learn more about Buckley’s career and legacy in the documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley.<\/p>\n

Music Legend’s Ex Reveals He Was Overwhelmed With Fame Before Tragic Death<\/a> first appeared on Parade on Aug 10, 2025<\/p>\n

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