Comedian Richard Jeni Killed Himself at 49 in California

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:49 am

Personaly, I'm glad it's being discussed. It is a problem. But exponentialy, the more people that are born to humans, coupled with modern standards, exploited by media broadcasters, and the sheer number of people being born, will raise the mental illness, health costs, and crime rates. More people, less caring parents, more trouble, higher bills, more ADHD, Asthma, Autisum, Alzheimers, more depression, more molesters, more cancer, more energy consumption, more urban sprawl, more natural resources ruined, Wars. The list goes on. It's just the way the odds work on a planet with limited resources. And we burn it like there's no end. Extrapolate or comments?
Regards,
Joe.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:22 am

Joe, I doubt the discussion will continue very long. There are hundreds of other forums related to solving the worlds problems in 300 posts or less. It started out as a very funny guy killing himself, to the seriousness of depression.

Let's hopefully stay a little on-topic, otherwise we'll have 7000 posts of 'I agree - stuff needs to be done.' *Yawn*

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:51 am

OK. I'm always tangenital NN. I'll just be quiet for a few days.

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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:11 pm

Stargate wrote:

Everything is a mental illness these days.

It's true that many conditions/lifestyle choices etc are unecessarliy "medicalised" these days, but depression isn't one of them. It's as much a physical disease as is pneumonia.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:00 pm

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The most important thing is that at the end of it, we can all shake hands,

Exactly. And since I was the one requesting to have this thread unlocked, I would hereby ask for it to be locked again. (and NO, this is not backseat modding Wink

) Everything is said. Smile

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:10 pm

breadcrumb wrote:

Exactly. And since I was the one requesting to have this thread unlocked, I would hereby ask for it to be locked again. (and NO, this is not backseat modding Wink

) Everything is said. Smile

No, not yet Laughing

This post was about Richard Jeni, to come back ontopic, there will be an update Very Happy

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:14 pm

Richard Jeni: A Statement From the Family on His Suicide

On Saturday March 10, 2007 the great comedian Richard Jeni took his own life shortly after making breakfast with his girlfriend in West Hollywood. Many reports surfaced shortly after claiming to know the reasons why Jeni committed suicide. On Wednesday the family of Jeni made the follow statement on his website to put aside all false and speculated claims to rest:

http://www.richardjeni.com/

"Often times, when we are faced with a sudden and tragic loss, there is a natural curiosity � a need to know what exactly happened."

"The family of Richard Jeni would like to put to rest any assumptions as to the cause of Richard�s death. Despite the fact that the coroner�s office has publicly stated that a suicide ruling will take two weeks, pending the results of an autopsy, Richard Jeni did take his own life.

"Rumors have been circulating as to the cause of his death and have included speculation of Richard being depressed over the state of his career or a physical ailment. His career was not even addressed by his specialists when they were trying to diagnose Richard�s illness. In fact, he had just enjoyed one of his most financially rewarding years to date. He was consistently creating new material for his busy touring schedule, and during the last week of his life, he had meetings scheduled with Chris Albrecht, Chairman and CEO of HBO, to discuss future projects following his last HBO special. In actuality, the past few years had been more prolific than ever. As his agents can attest, prior to his illness, Richard only missed one engagement in over twenty years, and that was due to weather."

"The truth is: earlier this year Richard Jeni was diagnosed with severe clinical depression coupled with bouts of psychotic paranoia. One only needs to have a family member or friend with a mental illness to understand that there is nothing rational, predictable, or fair about these diseases. Mental illness is as serious as any physical affliction and can be just as devastating."

"He was not down or blue, he was ill. If you knew Richard, you could understand, this was as much a shock to those close to him, as it is to his fans and colleagues. Perhaps Richard�s passing will encourage people to have sympathy, compassion and understanding for those who are afflicted with mental illness. As we are all trying to make sense of this, take time to remember the joy and laughter Richard brought to the countless people he touched during his much too short life."

All of us at the Bodog Beat wish the family and friends of Richard all the best in their mourning from this tragic event.

http://entertainment.bodogbeat.com/richard-jeni-a-statement-from-the-family-on-his-suicide-27605.html

Now the thread can get closed Wink

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RIP Richard Jeni

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