People who had everything and killed themselves

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
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Interesting read.

 

[dragonballgtz]

The lead singer from Nirvana
Elvis Presley

 

[dadeef]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

Coroner's spokesman David Campbell said in a statement that Smith died from two "penetrating stab wounds" to the chest. "The trauma that he sustained could have been inflicted by him or by another and the coroner has not been able to make a determination," he added.

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Hemmingway

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: dadeef

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

Exactly, his GF did it.

They found him with slices on his wrists as well. Who slices their wrists, stabs themself in the heart, then pulls the knife out and stabs it again?

BTW, Elliott Smith was amazing.

 

[BullyCanadian]

Hey even if you have EVERYTHING doesnt mean your happy. Material things do not make people happy, they just try to fill a void in the person

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Exactly, his GF did it.

They found him with slices on his wrists as well. Who slices their wrists, stabs themself in the heart, then pulls the knife out and stabs it again?

BTW, Elliott Smith was amazing.

Someone very dedicated and thorough.
Or his GF, I guess that makes sense too.

 

[yobarman]

Farley and Hedberg

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed, 5
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich?yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace: 10
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, 15
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

 

[Landroval]

What is this "everything" that they had? Fame and money != happiness. In fact, it's often quite the opposite.

 

[Nozirev]

Originally posted by: Landroval
What is this "everything" that they had? Fame and money != happiness. In fact, it's often quite the opposite.

They obviously didn' t have everything otherwise they would not have found a reason to kill themselves.

 

[Gurck]

Has to be conscious suicide? If we can bend the rules a bit we could include a lot of great musicians.. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brad Nowell, Layne Staley... then there's Len Bias.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: dadeef

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

Coroner's spokesman David Campbell said in a statement that Smith died from two "penetrating stab wounds" to the chest. "The trauma that he sustained could have been inflicted by him or by another and the coroner has not been able to make a determination," he added.

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

If the coroner can't make a determination, how can you?

It's just as possible that he killed himself as it is someone else doing it.

 

[chrisms]

Layne Staley.. but also his music and impact wouldn't have been the same without the addiction that killed him.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: dadeef

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

Coroner's spokesman David Campbell said in a statement that Smith died from two "penetrating stab wounds" to the chest. "The trauma that he sustained could have been inflicted by him or by another and the coroner has not been able to make a determination," he added.

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

If the coroner can't make a determination, how can you?

It's just as possible that he killed himself as it is someone else doing it.

Never thought I'd see ATOT trun into a Jennifer Chiba bash board like so many others have become.

It's a tough call, what happened to him. Same as Kurt Cobain.

But Elliott was amazing, much moreso than his contemporary who is much better known. I seriously doubt I'll see another songwriter of his caliber before I'm 60.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: dadeef

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

Coroner's spokesman David Campbell said in a statement that Smith died from two "penetrating stab wounds" to the chest. "The trauma that he sustained could have been inflicted by him or by another and the coroner has not been able to make a determination," he added.

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

If the coroner can't make a determination, how can you?

It's just as possible that he killed himself as it is someone else doing it.

Never thought I'd see ATOT trun into a Jennifer Chiba bash board like so many others have become.

It's a tough call, what happened to him. Same as Kurt Cobain.

But Elliott was amazing, much moreso than his contemporary who is much better known. I seriously doubt I'll see another songwriter of his caliber before I'm 60.

He was one of the best songwriters I've ever heard.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: dadeef

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

Coroner's spokesman David Campbell said in a statement that Smith died from two "penetrating stab wounds" to the chest. "The trauma that he sustained could have been inflicted by him or by another and the coroner has not been able to make a determination," he added.

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

If the coroner can't make a determination, how can you?

It's just as possible that he killed himself as it is someone else doing it.

Never thought I'd see ATOT trun into a Jennifer Chiba bash board like so many others have become.

It's a tough call, what happened to him. Same as Kurt Cobain.

But Elliott was amazing, much moreso than his contemporary who is much better known. I seriously doubt I'll see another songwriter of his caliber before I'm 60.

He was one of the best songwriters I've ever heard.

I've heard many say the best since the McCartney/Lennon duo, and I tend to agree.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Chraticn
WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed, 5
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich?yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace: 10
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, 15
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

Heh, this is the exact poem I have to write about.
And I have to give examples of three people who seemed to have everything and killed themselves..

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: dadeef

Originally posted by: pulse8
Elliot Smith

elliot smith didnt kill himself. On his autopsy, it said he died of 2 stab wounds. How do you stab yourself twice?

Coroner's spokesman David Campbell said in a statement that Smith died from two "penetrating stab wounds" to the chest. "The trauma that he sustained could have been inflicted by him or by another and the coroner has not been able to make a determination," he added.

It was in an old issue of Maxim btw.

If the coroner can't make a determination, how can you?

It's just as possible that he killed himself as it is someone else doing it.

Never thought I'd see ATOT trun into a Jennifer Chiba bash board like so many others have become.

It's a tough call, what happened to him. Same as Kurt Cobain.

But Elliott was amazing, much moreso than his contemporary who is much better known. I seriously doubt I'll see another songwriter of his caliber before I'm 60.

He was one of the best songwriters I've ever heard.

I've heard many say the best since the McCartney/Lennon duo, and I tend to agree.

He's been compared to Dylan, though I don't think he was quite at that level, would have most definetly had he lived longer I imagine.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Obviously they didn't have everything.

They didn't have happiness.

I am not always happy.

I am still here,at the moment at least.

 

It all depends upon your definition of "had everything". Maybe they didn't have everything after all, and they killed themselves because they realized this after reaching the top that many desire.

Originally posted by: exilera
What's with all the useless topics today? Next you'll be posting more naked pictures of yourself on ATOT.

And who says that's a bad idea if he has a fine body?

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
A lot of people claim that Kurt didn't kill himself. He wasn't the suicide type....plus he did it with a shotgun??? Signs point to Courtney Love who tried to get his money after he was gone....just ask any of his band members.

oh please. that's absurd. and after he was dead. his money WAS her money, because they were married, and she had every legal right to it. What, if your wife/ husband died, you wouldn't want to claim their money? You'd just let relatives, friends walk awat with all the cash?