Editing Jennifer Syme (section)

== Death ==
On the night of April 1, 2001, Syme attended a party at the home of musician [[Marilyn Manson]]. After being driven home by another party guest shortly before dawn the following morning, she left her home, reportedly to return to the party.<ref name="mtv news">{{cite web |last1=Vineyard |first1=Jennifer |title=Marilyn Manson Accused Of Contributing To Friend's Death |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1453249/marilyn-manson-accused-of-contributing-to-friends-death/ |publisher=MTV |date=April 3, 2002 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=2019-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716045428/http://www.mtv.com/news/1453249/marilyn-manson-accused-of-contributing-to-friends-death/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She drove her [[Jeep Grand Cherokee]] into a row of parked cars on [[Cahuenga Boulevard]] in Los Angeles. She was partially ejected from the vehicle and died instantly. She was 28 years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107244&page=1 |title=Film Notes: Keanu Reeves' Girlfriend Killed |date=2001-04-05 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129103351/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107244&page=1 |archive-date=2011-01-29}}</ref><ref name="Schneider" /> Reeves,<ref name="Schneider" /> [[Dave Navarro]],<ref name="mtv news"/> Scott Coffey,<ref name="US Weekly"/> [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]'s guitarist [[Scott Ian]],<ref name="US Weekly"/> and David Lynch<ref name="mtv news"/> acted as pallbearers at Syme's funeral.<ref name="Schneider" /> Syme was eulogized to the sound of [[Barbra Streisand]]'s "[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]" and [[Bette Midler]]'s "[[Wind Beneath My Wings]]" as Lynch screened a series of snapshots from Syme's life at the Good Shepherd Church in Beverly Hills.<ref name="US Weekly"/> She was buried next to her daughter at the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="Fleming">{{cite book |last=Fleming |first=E.J. |title=Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites: Seventeen Driving Tours with Directions and the Full Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hi-SCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA64 |edition=2nd |year=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9644-0 |page=64}}</ref> David Lynch dedicated his 2001 film ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'' to Syme in the closing credits.<ref name="mtv news"/>

An investigation into the collision found that Syme was not wearing a seatbelt. Police found two rolled-up dollar bills that contained a white, powdery substance, and two bottles of prescription drugs: a [[muscle relaxant]] and an [[anticonvulsant]].<ref name="mtv news"/> Syme's mother told police her daughter had recently sought treatment for back pain from an earlier automobile collision, and for depression stemming from her daughter's stillbirth.<ref name="mtv news"/>

While Syme and Keanu Reeves had broken up shortly after the stillbirth of their daughter, Reeves told investigators that they were back together.<ref name="mtv news"/> On April 1, 2001, they had brunch together at ''Crepes on Cole'' in San Francisco. The next day, Reeves called the [[Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner|Los Angeles County Coroner's Office]] and asked, according to Lt. Mac Willie, "if Jen Syme was there."<ref name="Schneider" />

In April 2002, Syme's mother, Maria St. John, sued Marilyn Manson for [[wrongful death]], for giving Syme "various quantities of an illegal controlled substance"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mmansonla1.html |title=Manson, Minnelli Star In L.A. Law |date=2011-05-12 |website=The Smoking Gun|access-date=2007-11-01 |archive-date=2007-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917003336/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mmansonla1.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and for "instructing [Syme] to operate a motor vehicle in her incapacitated condition".<ref name=mtv>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453344/20020409/marilyn_manson.jhtml |title=Manson May Fight Wrongful Death Suit With Countersuit |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |date=2002-04-09 |publisher=MTV |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-date=2005-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050513174929/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453344/20020409/marilyn_manson.jhtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> Manson denied responsibility, stating that the lawsuit was "completely without merit".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-04-08 |title=Marilyn Manson denies crash claim |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1916470.stm |access-date=2021-11-25 |archive-date=2013-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015104146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1916470.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mtv /> The case was dismissed at St. John's request in May 2003.<ref name="StJohnDocket">{{cite web |title=MARIA ST. JOHN, ETC., VS BRIAN WARNER, ETC., ET AL |url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la22-maria-st-john-etc-vs-brian-warner-etc-et-al-460689?init_S=csup_ltst |website=Unicourt |access-date=2024-10-29 }}</ref>