What happened to Nick Cave’s son Arthur?

AUSTRALIAN singer Nick Cave lost his son Arthur under tragic circumstances.

Teenage Arthur died when he fell from a cliff in Brighton.

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What happened to Nick Cave's son Arthur?

Nick Cave's 15-year-old son, Arthur, died when he fell from a cliff in the British seaside town of Brighton.

He died from his injuries on July 15, 2015, which the family announced a few days later.

The statement said: "Our son Arthur died on Tuesday evening.

"He was our beautiful, happy loving boy.

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"We ask that we be given the privacy our family needs to grieve at this difficult time."

At the inquest, a friend shared that the pair had taken hallucinogenic LSD before the fatal incident.

Arthur suffered his fatal brain injury when he fell down the Ovingdean Gap, after staggering around on top of the cliff.

What has Nick Cave said about his son?

After the death of Arthur, Nick and his family moved from Brighton to the US.

They relocated to Los Angeles as Nick said: "Brighton had just become too sad".

In his edition of the Red Hand Files in November 2021, Nick explained that the move didn't erase the sadness of the loss.

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He said: "We did, however, return [to Brighton] once we realised that, regardless of where we lived, we just took our sadness with us.

“These days, though, we spend much of our time in London, in a tiny, secret, pink house, where we are mostly happy.”

What happened to Jethro Cave?

Nick's other son Jethro died aged 31, the family confirmed.

Jethro Lazenby, half-brother to Arthur, was released from prison only days before.

Mr Cave said: "With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away.

"We would be grateful for family privacy at this time."

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Jethro had been in prison for assaulting his mother, as he admitted one count of unlawful assault and breaching court orders.

His cause of death has not yet been announced.