Editing Michael Hedges (section)

==Death==
According to his manager Hilleary Burgess, Hedges was driving home from [[San Francisco International Airport]] after a visit to a girlfriend in [[Long Island, New York]]. His car apparently skidded off a rain-slicked S-curve and down a {{convert|120|ft|m|adj=on}} cliff. Hedges was thrown from his car and appeared to have died nearly instantly. His body was found a few days afterward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nomadland.com/pressdem.htm |title=Local news report |website=Nomadland.com |date=December 5, 1997 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bendersky|first=Ari|title=Guitarist Michael Hedges Dies In Car Accident|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guitarist-michael-hedges-dies-in-car-accident-19971204|website=Rollingstone.com|date=December 4, 1997|access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> After his death, his album ''[[Oracle (Michael Hedges album)|Oracle]]'' won the 1997 [[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album]].

Hedges' unfinished last recordings were completed for the album ''[[Torched (Michael Hedges album)|Torched]]'' with the help of  Burgess and friends [[David Crosby]] and [[Graham Nash]], who also provided backing vocals on one track.<ref>{{cite web|author=Matt Guthrie |url=http://www.nomadland.com/Torched.htm |title=Michael Hedges: Torched |website=Nomadland.com }}</ref>