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Roy man calls suicide hotline, killed after SWAT standoff
A 35-year-old Roy man is dead following a standoff with police at his home Tuesday morning. At about 4 a.m., officers were dispatched to 3779 W. 5300 South to check on a man who had called a suicide hotline, according to Detective Matt Gwynn, the public information officer for Roy Police Department. A negotiator from the SWAT team was then brought in, and Gwynn says a 6- to 6 ½-hour standoff ensued.
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Why a Young Woman with Brain Cancer Moved to Oregon to Die
The story behind Oregon's controversial Death With Dignity Act
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No drugs in Robin Williams suicide
the time of his suicide, authorities in California have revealed. The actor, 63, was found dead in his California home on 11 August in what authorities soon ruled a suicide. A Marin County coroner's report released on Friday found Williams died from asphyxia due to hanging.
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The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)
Translations of poems by Xu Lizhi (许立志), the Foxconn worker who committed suicide on 30 September 2014, at the age of 24, in Shenzhen, China. Also includes an obituary with some explanatory notes.
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Suicide victim dies after crowd 'urges' him to jump
A man clutching a bible jumped to his death in the Johannesburg CDB after being “encouraged” by by-standers, according to reports.
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Woman Claims Son's Suicide Caused By Pasadena Target Store's 'Walk Of Shame'
A woman is suing Target, alleging her son committed suicide after being forced to take part in a humiliating disciplinary event in front of co-workers and customers at the Pasadena store where he worked as a cashier. Virginia Gentles, the mother of 22-year-old Graham A. Gentles, filed the suit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging false imprisonment, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Ban on doctor-Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court Friday struck down as unconstitutional the nation’s contentious century-old law against assisted suicide
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Student behind 'laser cat' photo takes own life
Schenectady High School senior Draven Rodriguez, whose fearless creativity earned him international fame last year, took his own life Thursday evening, according to multiple authorities familiar with his death. Rodriguez, the teenager responsible for the laser-cat yearbook photo that became an Internet sensation in the fall, committed suicide in his home, authorities said. He was 17.
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Suicide at M Resort blamed on loss of free buffet for life
In an angry final message to Review-Journal, the man who shot himself at an M Resort buffet on Easter Sunday blamed his suicide on depression after he won free meals for life but was banned for harassing women who work there.
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Man commits suicide in front of U.S. Capitol Building holding ‘Tax the 1 percent’ sign — lockdown lifted
A man holding a sign protesting "social injustice" shot himself in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, causing a brief terrorism scare and a lockdown that has since been lifted. An unidentified man had a sign taped to his hand as well as a backpack and a rolling suitcase, the latter of which caused a bomb investigation, according to a New York Daily News report.
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Spalding Gray’s Catastrophe
A car crash, a brain injury, and an actor's decline.
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Chinese school bars windows and balconies to stop pupil suicides
An elite Chinese school has been criticized for turning classrooms into virtual jails by fitting windows and balconies with metal bars in an apparent attempt to stop students leaping to their deaths. The Heshui No2 school is well known for its impressive results, but recently made headlines for tragic reasons. One student died in October and another in March; both apparently jumped from school buildings.
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'Everybody Loves Raymond' Star Sawyer Sweeten Kills Himself At Age 19
Yet another child star has met a tragic end. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Sawyer Sweeten, who played twin Geoffrey Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond has just committed suicide at the age of 19. A source very close to the situation tells Radar, “Sawyer was visiting family in Texas. He went on the front porch and killed himself with a gunshot to his head.”
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Suicide is leading cause of death among South Korean teens, says report
Suicide is the leading cause of death among South Korean teenagers and young people, a government survey stated on Tuesday. Yonhap reported in 2013 those between the ages of nine and 24 experienced an increased rate of suicide than a decade earlier. For this age category, the suicide rate rose to 7.8 per 100,000, up from 7.4 in 2003. The Korea Times reported nearly eight percent of young people surveyed said they have contemplated suicide in 2014.
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The male suicides: how social perfectionism kills
In every country in the world, male suicides outnumber female. Will Storr asks why.
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Why Are Palo Alto's Kids Killing Themselves?
Along the quiet, manicured streets of Palo Alto, million-dollar ranch homes twinkle with tastefully strung holiday lights. In one of the front yards, groups of teenagers are standing around in the unseasonably warm December air, double-fisting Budweisers and iPhones. The students seem mentally drained and emotionally exhausted—ready to blow off some steam as another intense semester at Gunn High School comes to a close.
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Why Men Kill Themselves
Finally, Drummond had everything he’d ever dreamed of. He’d come a long way since he was a little boy, upset at his failure to get into the grammar school. That had been a great disappointment to his mother, and to his father, who was an engineer at a pharmaceutical company. His dad had never showed much interest in him as a child. He didn’t play with him and when he was naughty, he’d put him over the back of a chair and wallop him.
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Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
Justin Way was in bed with a knife, threatening suicide. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, he was shot dead.
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California Legislature Moves Forward With Assisted Suicide Bill
California lawmakers on Thursday revived a bill that would allow physician
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Stephen Hawking says he 'would consider assisted suicide'
Physicist Stephen Hawking says he would consider ending his life if he felt he had nothing more to contribute or had become a burden to those around him. The 73-year-old Cambridge professor, who has a form of motor neurone disease, made the comments in an interview with Dara Ó Briain for a forthcoming BBC One documentary.
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