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shortfiction:
I could watch the movie again, but I don't think I could listen to the soundtrack for a while, especially "He was a friend of mine."

I haven't been on this board in a while so I don't know all the details, but it seems to me that H. was suffering from horrific insomnia, not to mention depression from the split from Michelle and not being able to see his daughter as much.    I just assumed he got desperate for some sleep and went overboard, quite accidentally, on meds.     

ednbarby:
Sounds perfectly plausible to me, shortfiction.

As always, I go with the Achem's Razor principle on this, which basically says that the simplest explanation is usually the real one.

Do we have any real evidence that Heath was suicidal?  No.  Do we have real evidence that he suffered from severe insomnia and was quite possibly depressed?  Yes.

I can count on more than one hand the friends I have who regularly over-medicate themselves against these very problems.  And there, by the grace of... chance, go they.

Fran:
I was distressed to hear that Heath's family heard about his passing over the radio.  How awful that must have been for them!  I mean, under the circumstances, receiving the news over the telephone would have been a horrible shock as well  -- no doubt about that -- but at least it would have been more personal than hearing it out of the blue on the radio.

I meant to post something about this weeks ago, but I forgot about it until now.

Are you familiar with the ICE (in case of emergency) campaign?

ICE could save your life

It couldn’t be easier. Enter the number of your emergency contact into your cell phone’s address book. Label it as ICE and store it. Paramedics or doctors can then access that number if you’re in an accident.

Perhaps if Heath had had an ICE number stored on his cell phone, his agent, one of his parents, his sister, or a close friend could have been notified by the paramedics and his family would have been spared the agony of hearing the news of his death over the radio.

I think ICE is a wonderful idea.

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On second thought, this may be the wrong place for this post.  If the mods of the Heath forum thinks it belongs elsewhere, please move it.

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