Suicides you respect/are inspired by? (2024)

Are there any notable suicides you admire? The means/reasons/results?

Here's some of mine:

Finn Yeats - A Kiwi (like me) who went on a week-long road trip around the North Island. Didn't check into any motels, didn't come up on any CCTV cams - the only trace of him before he died was his car being spotted in a seaside town. He ended up near the Tongariro National Park, which is a beautiful and surreal part of the country (I know it's the set of Mt Doom in LOTR). What's really impressive is that his family is relatively famous (his sister is well known for having a rare brain disease) and even with seemingly the whole country on watch he still managed to ctb successfully. I'm considering on doing a similar trip, see special places, holiday locations and such before I'm gone.

Richard Russell - We all know this one. Airline worker steals an empty plane, pulls off some insane stunts, gets a birds-eye view of Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains, crashes harmlessly into an uninhabited island. Aside from being so awesome, it seemed in the day or so afterwards that the world were generally accepting and charmed by this idea of suicide. Maybe if a few more brave souls do something like this suicide can become a choice respected by society.

"Lyle Stevik" - Real name unknown. SS debates on whether we want our bodies found, whether we want our families notified etc. Lyle got the best of both worlds. His family weren't immediately traumatised because they found out about his death 17 years later, and he also wasn't forgotten about completely because his identity was eventually confirmed. Somewhere on an SS thread is a link to pictures of his body with the noose still attached, and he looks completely at peace like there was no struggle/death throes at all. It's probably the least traumatising outcome I can think of.

Would love to hear the stories you know.

A lot of people on here, @Davy being one.

From out in the mainstream, Chester Bennington is one.

There was one participant on Jeremy Kyle (British version of Jerry Springer) whose suicide after his treatment on the show led to it being axed.

Kyle as the host touting his own interpretation of right and wrong in the world as gospel truths, the paradox of the show being that exploiting people's personal situations for ratings in this way was arguably wrongful in itself.

Many finally woke up to the toxicity of the show after what happened and that's why it got cancelled, shows like this literally ruin lives so gg Kyle no re

Chris Benoit, Mike Awesome, and Sean O'Haire.

I was a huge pro wrestling fan and they all used my primary method of hanging. Other than thinking about all my regrets and crushed hopes/dreams I'll probably think of them not long before I ctb.

marcusuk63 said:

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THIS. I will never forget this video. I've seen it very long time ago and i remember everything like it was today. It was first time I've seen real suicide. Huge emotional bomb for young boy i was then. Thank you for posting. Budd will be always remembered by me.

woxihuanni said:

Any that succeeds.

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Good answer.

She is my suicide muse. Young beautiful. Tried to help her community. Traumatized. Went out by Gas. The "Intellectuals Preference.."

Blackjack said:

Every "celebrity" who has managed to successfully hang themself, i.e. Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, Kate Spade, etc.

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Don't forget Simone Battle. group related to the puss*cat dolls. We are the same age, same type look, I know how she felt. I cried in the car on the way home. I cant get over this one.

http://urbangyal.com/confirmed-g-r-l-singer-simone-battle-hanged/

He has been said a few times already. Chester Bennington. His music, his struggles, everything. He fought through so much hell for so many years and while doing so he gave so much to so many in his music and other ways. The last song I will listen to while I CTB will be Numb.

Then he spent a good time with the people he loved the most and went when he knew it was time. With a good day and a good memory. He told no one, and did it his way.

I hope to be able to do the same. Spend a good day with my baby girl, try like crazy to remember the best five years of my life, and then CTB my way with N while listening to Numb. And if I am awake long enough I will also listen to Greatest Love Song as I used to sing it to the love of my life and always loved the way it made her smile. As long as I drift off while one of those are playing I will be happy. A nice dream for once to cap it all off would be nice hopefully.

If there is anything after this, I hope I get to hang with Chester.

Bukmeikara1 said:

Suicides should be something extremely personal. The idea that we could be inspired to end our life by someone else just doesn't feel right.

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Yes, but...

1) You know in "The Bell Jar", when the main character complains repeatedly that she can't read anymore except "mental stuff" (encyclopedic entries about mental illness + newspapers articles about suicide?) It's like that
2) The allure of romanticization

Mine is Fanny Imlay (she booked a hotel room to overdose in. In 1816.)