Conversation so far:
What were the Palme assassination rumors about ?
Gardestad was wrongly mentioned in the Swedish media as "the 33-year-old", a suspect in the investigation of the assassination.
Who's assassination was he accused of ?
the Prime Minister of Sweden, Olof Palme, was murdered.
What was the consequence of this action ?
severely affected him although Gardestad was on vacation in Greece at the time of the murder.
how did it affect him?
The rumours affected the sensitive and already unstable former star, and Gardestad withdrew and fell into a deep depression.
How did the depression harm him?
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In what other ways did the accusation affect him?
the speculations and rumours followed him and his family for the rest of the 1980s.

Question: Was he able to go back to music ?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Ted Gärdestad able to go back to music after the assassination rumours?