The UnInmate wrote:
>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Snopes has a full debunking of this urban legend:
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mcferrin.asp
> >
> > Although McFerrin didn't commit suicide, the guy who
> > wrote "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and
> > Smile, Smile, Smile" did in fact commit suicide.
>
> Urban legend??!! Oh my God, do you mean McFerrin walks around
> with random strangers thinking he killed himself already?

It's a famous story, hence it's an urban legend.

By the way, Felix Powell (who committed suicide)
only wrote the music for "Pack Up Your Troubles
in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile".
His brother George wrote the words. There's
a short biography of them he

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=18283