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Marie Osmond's son kills self, also Chekov of Star Trek's...

by James Denison Feb 27, 2010 10:07AM PST

...son found dead in Vancouver.

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1660511/
Marie Osmond's Son Commits Suicide

Marie Osmond's teenaged son, Michael Blosil, has killed himself by leaping to his death around 9 p.m. Friday in Los Angeles, reports Entertainment Tonight,

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100226/entertainment/koenig_disappearance

The actor famous for playing the stoic Russian navigator in the original Star Trek struggled Thursday to keep his voice steady as he announced his son's body had been found in a Vancouver park, dead from an apparent suicide.

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I always told my sons

by Diana Former Forum moderator Feb 28, 2010 11:40PM PST

that suicide is a long-term solution to a short-term problem.

Diana

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A very good response. I always told Robbie, or Rob as he

by Ziks511 Mar 3, 2010 12:02PM PST

now is, that however bad today was, tomorrow would be better, and if tomorrow isn't better, the day after will be.

I have fought with depression since I was a child, and the only thing that has kept me alive is that thought: "Maybe tomorrow will be a little bit better." I am incredibly grateful for the availability of newly developed medication since our return from England because I don't think I'd have survived, particularly the break-up. But when I get hints of the downward spiral, I remind myself that things can look up, and the last thing in the world that I want to teach my son is giving in to despair.

In some ways I have been lucky in that my depression has developed into "Atypical Depression" which you can look up via Google, and which has significantly different symptomatology than regular depression. It is responsive to good news, and good things happening to one, and to positive personal interactions, which is why having friends is so important.

Rob

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