Jeff Buckley, 30, Who Wrote And Sang Eclectic Folk-Rock
Published: June 06, 1997  Jeff Buckley, a folk, rock and pop
singer and the son of the folk musician Tim Buckley, died on May
29 in Memphis, the police said. He was 30.  Mr. Buckley drowned
while swimming in the Memphis harbor, said Lieut. Brenda Maples
of the Memphis Police Department. His body was recovered
Wednesday night after it was spotted from a riverboat.  Mr.
Buckley and a friend had stopped by the harbor on their way to a
rehearsal studio last week. Mr. Buckley was wading and swimming
when a speedboat passed by, creating a wake. The friend, Keith
Foti, said he turned away to protect the pair's stereo and that
when he looked up, Mr. Buckley had disappeared. The police and
the harbor patrol searched for Mr. Buckley with helicopters,
scuba divers and foot patrols.  His body was not found until a
passenger on the riverboat spotted it floating in the harbor
near the city's main thoroughfare, Beale Street.  Mr. Buckley
was born in Orange County, Cal