Deaths / RIP

[Duncan]

Pierre Henry

Came to post this. RIP

[tiny_tove]

Paolo Villaggio.

During the 70's, the Cioran of Italian comedy, mixing slapstic to social satire with an extremely cynical approach. During the 80s he lost any appeal, but his early TV apparition and most 70's movies are classic.
First 3 Fantozzi, Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (devastating comedy/drama with incest/morbid moments), il Belpaese (satirical take on Italian lead years), Fracchia la belva umana. and many more were classics that unfortunately will request a very open mind from non-Italian speakers to be understood.
Any Italian has watched his movies several times and even those who dislike him use sentences or words created by him.
Its cynical take on the (then) growing middle class has some links to Monty Python's meaning of life, so do the several surreal moments, but we are in a completely different field that mixes typical Italian "comical masks", to Intellectual top "sauer comedy", to French and B/W actors like Tatì, Keaton, etc.
Il secondo tragico fantozzi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKh7hBPQMjU

Narrating voice was the best thing, and a big influence on many other comedians.

Despite being an extreme left militant, he was big friend of many capitalists, lobbyists. He was conscious of this contradiction and made a lot of fun on this.
His books, even recent ones, are extremely cynical, funny but tragic at the same time, showing his constant battle with his own weaknesses, vices, etc.

[BTR]

Mr. Blaash of Weresmyskin 'zine.

http://www.nwnprod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59996&sid=66e7137cfea7b0b17019af69d3284c64

[absurdexposition]

George A. Romero

[Scat-O-Logy]

George A. Romero

Damn, his "trilogy of the dead" was the first real touch I had with zombie flicks (I don't really count Evil Dead which was the first film I bought). Not a huge loss at this point of his career but I still owe a lot to him for making me such a weirdo.

[Deadpriest]

George A. Romero

Thanks for writing all that good dialogue. I'll always remember you for that.

[Deadpriest]

That fanny from Linkin Park, Chester Bennibgton.

[Deadpriest]

Hanged himself with a belt (just one more reason to like belts!!)

[collapsedhole]

wonder why so many musicians/famous people choose hanging as a suicide method... seems extra miserable. if i were to do it i would want the last few minutes to be peaceful, nice big shot of fentanyl laced heroin would do the trick, surely cornell couldve copped some one last time...

[Theodore]

wonder why so many musicians/famous people choose hanging as a suicide method... seems extra miserable. if i were to do it i would want the last few minutes to be peaceful, nice big shot of fentanyl laced heroin would do the trick, surely cornell couldve copped some one last time...

Indeed, it looks an agonizing death but i guess they pass out very quick and they don't feel the asphyxiation. Quick pass out like the "choking game" , i imagine. Overdose will result in asphyxiation too, i think. Best way, but bloody mess, is get a heroin shot, relax for a minute or two, but not too long to change your mind, pick up a gun and blow your brains out.

[Andrew McIntosh]

I have heard it said that hanging is a much more "final" way of suiciding than others. If done correctly, the neck snaps and one dies almost instantly. There is a bit of a science to it. Professional hanging takes weight, rope strength and length, distance etc all into account. So a personal attempt could well be lengthier, more painful and even botched. Fortunately for this Bennibgton, his calculations seemed to have been correct.

One's best bet would be a good dose of Nembutal, if it can be procured. It's a bit guarded due to it's known lethal efficiency. I just recently got the book "Final Exit" which describes the most efficient methods (apparently, I've yet to read it).

The problem with suicide as it stands today is how hit and miss it is. Plenty of unsuccessful attempts in the world, sadly. It's not just the legality of it, it's how it's unaccepted in society and culture. Stupid, like nearly everything else we humans do when it comes to Death.

Personally I'd go with drugs and alcohol, perhaps combined with a good old Roman bath. It would be slower but I understand far from painful and could well be almost pleasant. I'd have to get dosage right, though, but that wouldn't be impossible.

[Andrew McIntosh]

Some people at least put a degree of thought into it (some people survive initial attempts to try again). But resources certainly have a lot to do with it. Different methods vary depending on countries - in Pakistan jumping in front of trains is popular, in China apparently insecticide is often chosen. I imagine guns would be frequently used in the US. Given that the leading cause for suicide world-wide is poverty (and not mental illness, despite the best hopes of anti-suicide wowsers), using whatever's handy isn't surprising.

Jumping may also depend on location too, there are places in the world that are frequently used as jump points. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10VsLsWPc4&t=825s

[Deadpriest]

Head on the railway tracks (plus train) has got to be a sure bet. Hopefully Trent Renzor will kill himself next.

[Theodore]

Jumping may also depend on location too, there are places in the world that are frequently used as jump points. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10VsLsWPc4&t=825s

Hehe, this is the local one http://www.redbull.com/gr/el/stories/1331641870607/ptisi-ston-isthmo-tis-korintou-peter-besenyei . Haven't listened any failure !

[aububs]

speaking of books on suicide, this is the definitive one.