Remembering Will Downing’s Daughter Gone by Suicide: ‘Till We Meet Again’

(Photo by Mychal Watts/Getty Images for Jazz in The Gardens Music Festival) Will Downing, the smooth, baritone voice singer who has been creating his brand of sophisticated soul for nearly 40 years, is remembering his beautiful dedication to one of his daughters whom he lost by suicide almost exactly a year ago. In 2023, his daughter Aron Siobhan committed suicide. She was bipolar, had depression and some schizophrenia. Months after her death, Downing and his family still don’t know why she took her life. “She left a note,” says Will. “But it was very, like, cryptic, you know what I mean? It might have made perfect sense to her, but for those who are left behind, it’s like, ‘Well, I’m going to need a little more than that.” “There’s certainly a slight guilt factor. Where you look at yourself, and you say, ‘What did I miss? What didn’t I say? Where did I go wrong?’ You know, that sort of thing. And it’s just something we’re all just going to have to live with. It’s unfortunate, but it’s kind of the way it is.” As both a grieving father and a dedicated musician, Downing wanted to use his gifts to...