Bryan Edwin Smith

On King's 53rd birthday – 21 September 2000 – Smith was discovered dead in his trailer in Brownfield, Maine. The cause of Smith's death was listed as an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl, according to toxicology reports.

https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Bryan_Smith

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https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=115390&page=1

https://darktower.fandom.com/wiki/Bryan_Smith

https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/5833/has-there-been-any-criticism-of-bryan-smiths-depiction-in-the-dark-tower-series

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