In Memoriam

[ponchi101]

I saw The Aristocrats. As you say, Gilbert's rendition forces you to hit PAUSE and catch your breath or you die laughing.

[dryrunguy]

Former Utah senator Orin Hatch (R) has died. He was 88.

[JazzNU]

Real broken up by that news that a raging racist, homophobic, misogynist has passed. The Never Trump and Reagan Republicans who like to pretend like the GOP was some moral and ethical space pre-2016 while they propped up the likes of Hatch, Helms, and Thurmond for decades upon decades live in glass houses as they throw stones.

[dryrunguy]

Real broken up by that news that a raging racist, homophobic, misogynist has passed. The Never Trump and Reagan Republicans who like to pretend like the GOP was some moral and ethical space pre-2016 while they propped up the likes of Hatch, Helms, and Thurmond for decades upon decades live in glass houses as they throw stones.

I'm not following how you REALLY feel about it, Jazz...

[Deuce]

Naomi Judd - the mother in the mother-daughter singing duo - has died at 76 years old.
"We lost our beautiful mother to the terrible disease of mental illness."
Sounds like a possible suicide.

Naomi Judd Dies at 76...

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[ti-amie]

Dementia? Alzheimers?

May she RIP

[Deuce]

Dementia? Alzheimers?

^ Not likely, given that they were scheduled to begin touring again.
Are dementia and Alzheimer's considered 'mental illnesses'?

I don't know what the cause of death is, obviously... but when I see that the family says it was 'caused by mental illness', my first thought goes to suicide.

[JTContinental]

Dementia? Alzheimers?

^ Not likely, given that they were scheduled to begin touring again.
Are dementia and Alzheimer's considered 'mental illnesses'?

I don't know what the cause of death is, obviously... but when I see that the family says it was 'caused by mental illness', my first thought goes to suicide.

The statement I read mentioned that she suffered for years from anxiety and depression.

[ti-amie]

Dementia? Alzheimers?

^ Not likely, given that they were scheduled to begin touring again.
Are dementia and Alzheimer's considered 'mental illnesses'?

I don't know what the cause of death is, obviously... but when I see that the family says it was 'caused by mental illness', my first thought goes to suicide.

The statement I read mentioned that she suffered for years from anxiety and depression.

Oh wow. That makes the statement above a distinct possibility. UGH

[Deuce]

I just saw part of an interview done with her I don't know when - where she talked of her depression and suicidal thoughts...

She and her daughter had concrete plans to get back together and tour... They were going to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame tonight.
Tragically, suicides often precede major positive events in one's life - because these positive events accentuate their feelings of unworthiness.

[Deuce]

No age is immune to depression and suicide, sadly...

Naomi Judd's Cause of Death Revealed as Suicide

I don't think it's at all a co-incidence that the increased suicide rate aligns with the time that the internet began infiltrating most homes in North America - and then an even steeper increase from around the time that cell phone use exploded and internet access via cell phone was in everyone's pocket...
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Suicides Increased by 35% from 1999 to 2018...

As for the age range breakdown of suicides...
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[JazzNU]

[JazzNU]

^^ You may not know him by name, but it's very likely he's appeared in one, two, or ten movies you've seen over the years. And the movies you know him from the most may not be the ones referenced in the article (which is the case for me). Many genres, over many decades. May he RIP.

[ponchi101]

I consider him to be a predecessor of Willem Dafoe. A damn fine actor that was never household.
Indeed, RIP.

[Deuce]

Greek musician and composer Vangelis has died at 79 years old, reportedly of COVID-19.
His real name was Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou.

Composer Vangelis Dies at 79...

Here is his most well known composition - the 'Chariots of Fire' theme, followed by a lesser known collaboration with 'Yes' lead singer Jon Anderson, 'The Friends of Mr. Cairo' - their tribute to the 'golden age' of film...