Inside The Tragic Suicide Of Jeremy Wade Delle — And How His Death Became The Subject Of A Pearl Jam Song

All That's Interesting | 09.03.2026 01:00
In the spring of 1991, the lead singer of Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, was reading his morning newspaper when he came across a shocking headline about a teenage suicide. A 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle had inexplicably shot himself in front of his classmates and teacher at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas.