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Suicide Group May Have Helped 130
Kill Selves

Four members face charges in Georgia

Feb 26, 09 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A group that helps people commit suicide with helium gas may have had a role in more than 130 deaths, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. That revelation surfaced in a court document related to the arrest yesterday of four members of the Final Exit group. The four suspects, two from Georgia... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • Georgia

Man Kills Self in SoCal Televangelist's Cathedral

Fired gun while tour guide discussed anti-suicide program

Feb 19, 09 9:30 AM CST
(AP) - A man shot and killed himself in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral yesterday as a nearby volunteer told a group of visitors about the church's suicide-prevention program, police and church officials said. The man handed a note and his driver's license to two ushers,... More »

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California • suicide • church • shooting • televangelist

NYC Prep Student Leaps to Death Into Recess Crowd

Fourth-graders out playing as body plunges to ground

Feb 19, 09 3:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A 17-year-old student at an elite Manhattan prep school leapt to his death from an eleventh-story classroom window yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. His plunging body narrowly missed a group of fourth graders playing in front of the Dalton School. "I heard a loud bang," said... More »

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suicide • New York City • Manhattan • recess • academics • prep schools • students • Dalton School

 Bush on Brink, Says Tabloid


Feb 18, 09 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Former President George W. Bush is “depressed and paranoid,” even “suicidal,” proclaims the tabloid glossy the Globe. Yes, “insiders fear” that the erstwhile leader of the free world will terminate himself: He’s “boozing up a storm,” and is “terrified of... More »

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suicide • depression • Laura Bush • rumor • George W. Bush • former presidents • British tabloids • President Obama

 Recession Depression Setting In 

One suicide hotline reports a 77% jump in calls

Feb 15, 09 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Some people can take losing a job in stride, but Silvia Martinez isn’t one of them. When she lost her $52,000-a-year human resources job, the Virginia woman was too ashamed to tell anyone and sank into a deep depression. “I apply for jobs and apply for jobs... More »

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suicide • depression • psychology • unemployment • recession depression

 Will the Recession 
 Drive Up Suicides? 

We're better prepared now, but rates are still tied to cultural trends

Feb 9, 09 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - America is reeling from the financial crisis, and the psychological strain has analysts carefully watching national suicide rates, Time reports. Though three high-profile European businessmen took their own lives recently, suicide rates have held steady at 11 per 100,000 people; during the Great Depression, they spiked at 17 per... More »

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suicide • recession • suicide rate • Great Depression • downturn • financial crisis • economic downturn • recession depression

(Newser) - As many as 24 US Army soldiers took their own lives in January, an enormous rise over previous years, the Army Times reports. The deaths of seven soldiers have been confirmed as suicides, while 17 pending cases will likely get the same designation, the AP reports. If that happens, the... More »

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suicide • US military • US Army • soldier • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • suicide prevention

Bearing Bad News Tough
on Cops, Too

Among occupational hazards, informing family of death is worst

Jan 30, 09 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - News of a death can be tough on police officers charged with delivering it, too. While agencies don’t generally have formal protocols (unlike the US Army), most prefer to inform families in person, with a chaplain. “You ask yourself: How would you want to deliver this message,”... More »

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suicide • police • murder • victim • police chaplain

 Army Suicides Hit Record High 

Army expected to announce new study of post-combat stress

Jan 29, 09 2:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A record 128 US soldiers committed suicide last year, and an additional 15 are suspected of taking their own lives, CNN reports. The previous record was set in 2007. In response to the latest figures, the Army is expected to announce new studies of post-combat stress and why its suicide-prevention... More »

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Iraq • suicide • Pentagon • Department of Veterans Affairs • US Army • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder • combat stress

 Murder-Suicide 
 Parents Fired for Misconduct 

Dad claimed suicide pact; blamed Kaiser

Jan 28, 09 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Los Angeles man suspected of killing his wife and five children before committing suicide lost his job due to misconduct, not layoffs, the Times reports. Ervin Antonio Lupoe and wife Ana were terminated from a Kaiser Permanente medical center, and sources say allegations of fraud were involved. A letter... More »

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suicide • police • murder • murder-suicide • Los Angeles • job • firing • Kaiser Permanente

 LA Dad Kills Wife, 5 Kids, Self 

Father cited 'job issues' in suicide note

Jan 27, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Seven family members were found dead in their Los Angeles home today, apparent victims of a murder-suicide, police say. Police think a man shot and killed his wife and five children, and then turned the weapon on himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. The child victims were an 8-year-old, 5-year-old... More »

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suicide • police • murder • murder-suicide • Los Angeles • family • recession depression • filicide

Caylee Anthony Grandpa Ponders Suicide

Accused Casey's dad hospitalized after holing up in motel, emailing

Jan 23, 09 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The grandfather of slain toddler Caylee Anthony was involuntarily hospitalized today after he was found in a search triggered by suicidal text messages to his family, MSNBC reports. George Anthony disappeared last night after sending text messages to his family indicating that he “wanted to end his life,”... More »

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Florida • suicide • suicide note • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • George Anthony

(Newser) - The American Idol hopeful and Paula Abdul fan found dead outside the celebrity’s LA home in November committed suicide with prescription drugs, the AP reports. A coroner’s report, delayed for toxicology tests, did not specify which drugs killed Paula Goodspeed. Police had long suspected suicide, though no... More »

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American Idol • suicide • overdose • prescription drugs • coroner's report • Los Angeles County Coroner • Paula Abdul • Paula Goodspeed

Chicago Real Estate Mogul Kills Himself

High-profile exec
led expansion
of Good family firm

Jan 7, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A Chicago-area real estate mogul has been found dead after shooting himself in a wildlife preserve, CNN reports. Police say they don't know why 52-year-old Steven L. Good took his life; a rep said the local sheriff's department had no "concrete evidence if this had anything to do with... More »

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suicide • real estate • Chicago • housing crisis • Steven L Good

(Newser) - German businessman Adolf Merckle, 74, killed himself yesterday in the face of mounting debt and a crumbling multibillion dollar empire, Bloomberg reports. Merckle’s personal fortune of $9.2 billion put him 94th on Forbes' list of the world’s richest people, but his holding company, which owned stake... More »

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suicide • Germany • obituary • debt • global economy • economic downturn • Adolf Merckle • holding company • Heidelberg • recession depression

 Suicides Up in National Parks 

'08 a big year for people offing themselves in pretty places

Jan 2, 09 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - A newly unemployed businessman shot himself in the chest in Glacier National Park. A 46-year-old carpenter with cancer climbed into a canoe in the Everglades and never returned. A 49-year-old builder left a note blaming the economy before killing himself in Georgia’s Kennesaw Mountains. They were just some of... More »

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suicide • national park • recession depression

Ex-Trooper Sought in
Dallas Shootings Dies

Police are working to match the gun used in Brian Smith's suicide with the murder weapon.

Dec 25, 08 6:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The former Utah state trooper implicated in a Dallas freeway shooting spree died in a Texas hospital last night after shooting himself during a police standoff, the AP reports. Authorities suspect that Brian Smith, 37, caused at least one of two roadside deaths Monday, but ballistics tests have yet to... More »

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suicide • Dallas • murder-suicide • shooting rampage • highway shootings • Brian Smith

 Sopranos' 
 Johnny Cakes 
 Commits Suicide 

Actor Costelloe played a gay mobster's lover

Dec 25, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The actor who played Johnny Cakes on The Sopranos is dead, the New York Post reports. John Costelloe, 47, shot himself in the head in Brooklyn last week, police and friends said. The former firefighter served a brief but pivotal role as the gay lover of a closeted mobster in... More »

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television • suicide • HBO • The Sopranos • funeral • actor • Johnny Cakes • John Costelloe

 Madoff Investor Kills Himself 

Hedge fund head who lost $1.4B committed suicide

Dec 23, 08 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A hedge fund founder whose firm lost $1.4 billion in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme was found dead in his Manhattan office today, an apparent suicide, reports the New York Times. Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, 65, had been trying to recover money for European clients of Access International... More »

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Wall Street • suicide • UBS • hedge fund • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • recession depression

Cowell Regrets Suicide of
Idol Contestant

But doubts producers shrugged off Abdul's protests about audition

Dec 18, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Simon Cowell says he regrets not realizing how troubled the American Idol contestant who killed herself outside judge Paula Abdul’s home last month was, but refutes Abdul’s claim that she begged producers to keep the obsessed Paula Goodspeed off the show. “I wish we could have spent... More »

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reality TV • American Idol • suicide • Simon Cowell • stalker • Paula Abdul • Paula Goodspeed

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