On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:33 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ABC >> News<http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/top-gun-director-tony-scott-inoprable-brain-cancer/story?id=17039434#.UDJ_tKPci7I>was >> told by a friend Scott had an inoperable tumor. >> > > As I noted last night, something like this is most often the case when a > person in this demographic commits suicide. I used to work at the Veterans > Administration, and more than a few times had to work with close relatives > of an older guy who did something similar (though those guys usually shot > themselves - more used to guns). > > DNR orders are one thing, but preemptive suicide is another. I found that > most relatives still feel anger that they were cheated out of whatever time > was left, and often guys do this somewhat impulsively, afraid of what the > end stages will be like without fully processing it with somebody first. I > did have a few HIV patients (back in the day) who killed themselves with > close family around, after saying goodbye, that felt different. > > Still too early to jump to firm conclusions, but it is sad. >
>From the HuffPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/tony-scott-had-inoperable_n_1812206.html *UPDATE:* TMZ's source says reports of Scott having brain cancer are untrue<http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/20/tony-scott-suicide-no-brain-cancer-tumor/>. According to the source, Scott's wife has told authorities that these earlier reports were "absolutely false." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
