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TIL that the mother of Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers) was murdered in 1983 when he was just 15 years old. in 2015, he released a documentary called Mourning Son, addressing his mother's murder as well as his battle with addiction subsequent to her death.

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