Jack Crackman

Jack Crackman or Christopher S. Murdock, was a British rock musician who initiated the heavy metal genre in the mid-to late 1960s. Along with Jim Burrito, he composed much singles with the help from teenagers he "bought" from public schools, to the studio. In December 1967, Crackman was involved in a physical altercation with three men and was left in the dirt with broken teeth and a bloated face. He was acutely transferred to a hospital where doctors treated him. The following days, Crackman started cutting by running razor blade-like objects over his wrists. This caused copious amount of blood loss, and by February, he had contracted diabetes. On May 29, Jack had an epileptic seizure and fell into a coma. On May 31, 1968, he died of respiratory problems at the age of 27.