Adam Litovitz Explained

Birth Date:16 August 1982
Birth Place:North York, Toronto, Canada
Death Place:Toronto, Canada
Partner:Sook-Yin Lee (2007–2019)

Adam Litovitz (August 16, 1982 – June 16, 2019) was a Canadian musician and composer.[1] He was most noted for his work on the films Year of the Carnivore, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 31st Genie Awards,[2] and Octavio Is Dead!, for which he was nominated for Best Original Song at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]

A frequent creative partner of Sook-Yin Lee,[4] with whom he was in a 12-year romantic relationship,[4] the duo also recorded and performed as the band Jooj, which released its debut album in 2015,[5] and a posthumous album entitled jooj two in 2021 on Mint Records[6]

Litovitz, who suffered from depression, was last seen on June 15, 2019, and reportedly committed suicide the next day.[7] According to Toronto Police, his body was found on June 18, 2019.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/rqpd5p/jooj-sook-yin-lee-adam-litovitz-interview-2015 "Sook Yin-Lee and Adam Litovitz are JOOJ, Jury, and Executioner"
  2. https://www.straight.com/article-371133/vancouver/31st-genie-awards-barneys-version-incendies-lead-nominees "31st Genie Awards: Barney's Version, Incendies lead nominees"
  3. https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/twenty-seven-socan-members-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2019-noms/ "Twenty-seven SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2019 noms"
  4. "Sook-Yin Lee: Candid with the Camera — Except for One Thing". Toronto Star, 11 June 2010.
  5. https://xtramagazine.com/culture/sook-yin-lees-sorority-of-naked-women-67370 "Sook-Yin Lee’s sorority of naked women"
  6. Web site: Ken Chu . Leslie . Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz Radiate Warmth and Healing on 'jooj two' . Exclaim.ca . April 6, 2021.
  7. News: Friends remember 'enormously talented' Toronto musician Adam Litovitz . June 20, 2019 . Globe and Mail . Canadian Press . June 20, 2019.
  8. https://nowtoronto.com/music/adam-litovitz-jooj-dead-at-36/ "Jooj member Adam Litovitz dead at 36"

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