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Actor Chad Everett dead

Actor Chad Everett - known recently for portraying an older version of Jensen Ackles' character Dean Winchester on "Supernatural", died after a year and a half battle with lung cancer.  Here is a link to one of the news reports of his passing:

Chad Everett, Star of TV's Medical Center, Dies at 76
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LEIGHTON MEESTER And ADAM BRODY Are Engaged

Sorry bumping an old topic but i just surprised i didn't even know there were seeing each other

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Robin Williams Dead

So sad to hear and report that Robin Williams, 63 years old, was found dead this morning, and that it is an apparent suicide.  Depression is so prevalent, and the stigma needs to erased.  

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Reply 683#683 waterlilybarb's post

It is sad news, but death is part of life. I remember reading a few weeks ago that they were planning on making Mrs Doubtfire 2 (my mother loves the 1st one). I hope the movie gets cancelled out of respect.

CBS cancelled 'The Crazy Ones' earlier this year, but the news reported that he had other projects in the works, so who knows what was going through his mind or why he was depressed the last few months.




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Reply 684#684 Milks26's post

Depression is not necessarily caused by anything external.  In fact, most clinical depression has absolutely nothing to do with what is going on in one's life.  A person can have a happy marriage, a beautiful family, a good job, enough money, and even be spiritually active, then wake up one day to find that they can't find joy in anything.  One of the things I admired about Robin was how candid he was in discussing his struggles with addiction, and also that he suffered from bouts of depression.  What made this bout cause him to feel such despair that death was the only way to escape it is something we will likely never know.  I feel such sadness for his family, and hope that the media leaves them to grieve in peace.  

I also hope that this opens up more discussion about depression, especially in men.  Too many suffer quietly, often using drugs and alcohol to self-medicate, because there is still a lot of stigma around depression.  There are still people who mistakenly think that depression is some sort of character weakness, and that people can just snap themselves out of it.  If only it were that simple.  
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Originally posted by waterlilybarb at 8-11-2014 20:01  
I feel such sadness for his family, and hope that the media leaves them to grieve in peace.
You know that's not going to happen! Sadly, he's death is going to be the story of the week.




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Reply 686#686 Milks26's post

They can continue to report the story without infringing on his family's privacy.  The media seemed to show some respect for the family of Philip Seymour Hoffman and still report the story.  
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Reply 683#683 waterlilybarb's post

Just found out few hours ago and it so sad but he brought so many people some happiness

Some reasons for what happened

I found this more informative compared to normal news which probably never discuss some personal stuff going on in his life.

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Reply 688#688 bala's post

I didn't find that helpful at all.  His financial situation wasn't a secret.  I'm sure he went through other serious financial setbacks before, because of the divorces, and probably when he was still doing drugs.  There's really no good that can come of speculating as to why he took his life.  Unless he left a note, he took the reason with him.

He brought joy to millions throughout the years.  He was an outstanding actor, a brilliant comedian, and, from all accounts, a kind and gentle man.  He used his talent to help raise funds for the homeless through the Comic Relief USA charity.  
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Reply 689#689 waterlilybarb's post

Ok i had no clue he was divorced i thought it was happy married with children .

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Reply 690#690 bala's post

He was married with children, but he had been married twice before.  I remember quite well when he divorced his first wife, and then married their nanny.  It was a fairly high profile divorce.  They were married for nearly 20 years.  All of his children were from the first two marriages.  He was married to the woman who is now his widow for a few years.  He actually did a very good job of keeping his family life fairly private.  I remembered that he remarried a few years ago, but I don't recall there being a lot of press about his divorce from his 2nd wife.
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Reply 691#691 waterlilybarb's post

Thank you for the information it's good to know

i really thought he would die of old age

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Joan Rivers Dies at 81

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Glee star Mark Salling, 35, commits suicide

Mark Salling was best known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman. I know that he was a deeply flawed man, who was awaiting sentencing after serious child pornography charges, but my heart goes out to his family.

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