Name Mark Mercer | ||
Mark Mercer IV was a musician and record producer from Seattle, Washington.
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Career
Mercer grew up in Aurora, Colorado, and received a degree in sociology from Colorado State University. In 2005, Mercer moved with friends to Seattle and formed the band Masks Phantoms, in which he played drums. This band disbanded after one album and Mercer then began working for Avast! Recording Company. Mercer also worked with bands H is for Hellgate, Lake of Falcons and Juhu Beach.
Death
On June 9, 2008, he suddenly jumped overboard from a ferry into the Mississippi River in New Orleans, where he had been visiting to see friends and attend a recording conference. On June 17, at 2:30 AM, his body was found by a longshoreman. The cause of death was ruled to be drowning. Mercer was 26 years old at the time of his death. It has been suggested that the reason Mercer jumped into the river was that he underestimated the strength of its powerful undercurrents.