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09.05.2022 / 20:43
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Nick Cave was writing book about first son’s tragic death as second son Jethro found dead
tragically died at the age of 30.Jethro’s family confirmed the sad news in a statement released by his dad.The Bad Seeds frontman wrote: “With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away."We would be grateful for family privacy at this time.”The news of the former model’s death comes just two days after he was released from prison on bail after admitting to attacking his mother. Jethro was Nick’s second son to die in seven years, as his teenage boy Arthur died back in 2015 after falling 60ft from a cliff in Ovingdean, near Brighton. In September 2021, Nick announced he would be releasing a memoir called Faith, Hope and Carnage, documenting his grief following Arthur’s death. The book was due to be published in Autumn 2022 and had been drawn from over 40 hours of interview time with friend Sean O'Hagan, who Nick has known for 30 years.Arthur died from "multiple traumatic injuries due to a fall from a height” and the pathologist told the court the teenager had LSD in his system at the time of his death.An inquest at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton heard how Arthur was seen "staggering" and "zig zagging" on his own moments before he fell off the cliff.The teenger was rushed to the Royal Sussex County Hospital but died that evening.Nick’s second eldest child Jethro’s cause of death is not yet known. The 30-year-old was jailed back in April after assaulting his mother, Beau Lazenby, and had only just been let out of prison. Jethro kneed Beau in the face during an argument, which caused bleeding and bruising, the court heard. While he admitted to one count of unlawful assault and breaching court orders, any charges of intentionally causing injury were dropped. Jethro’s lawyer, Sean Ghattas, told the court
