I don't want to be "That Guy" but he didn't lose a few million, he lost a few BILLION. Going from 12.8 billion to 9.2 billion is more than a few million.

That aside, screw him. To paraphrase Carlin, rich guy had tons of money and doesn't want to live cause he lost a little bit? screw him, let him die. In fact I think when carlin was talking about rich anorexic or bulemic people who didn't want to eat while we have poor starving people on the streets, he said something about making them lie down on train tracks. Good riddence to one selfish little sniveling sob.

No I'm not being insensative just to be a douche. I'm being insensative use he decides to off himself for losing a little bit of money(to him at least) and leaves his family behind without him. Dork.

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Can anyone remember the cartoon 'Duck Tales' about the 3 ducks? And their uncle was rich and had a giant safe where he kept all his gold coins so he could swim in? lol. Maybe he had something similar and couldnt face losing it?

Sorry I couldnt resist...

This makes no sense to me. Suicide by train? Why so bloody and gory? Maybe he was pushed...

The majority of people in this world live check to check...this man had billions left even after some bad deals. There is no reason to commit suicide.

Well I guess I will jump on this bandwagon even though really I know I should not but……………………

Cry me a freaking river. “I am only worth 9 BILLION now woe is me, how will I ever live”. Yeah sorry I’m not feeling a great deal of concern for his troubles.

In a way I do feel sorry for him that he felt his money was that important but other than that I am not feeling much sorrow for the guy. Sort of makes me wonder about the saying it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the gates of heaven. But hey who am I to judge I was not very nice in what I said.

Raist

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As Stephen King wrote in "The Stand":
"No great loss."


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Did he leave a letter telling people why he really wanted to die? If not, why are you people judging him so harshly? we didn't know him, we have no idea what he's been through, what his thoughts and emotions were. I really don't want to look at this in such a black and white way. I have no right to judge him so harshly, I don't even know him.

Even rich people feel emotion.



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I remember reading somewhere that a gory and dramatic is often a male way to go, where as as a rule women go the other way, so there is less mess? And another factor is how important the person considered them selves, the bigger the ego the longer the trail of gore... I think that's the formula.

Well now here is a take from someone who was laid off from Lehman...


A friend of mine says "Wait a minute, all of these super rich people offing themselves... maybe they know some real serious stuff is about to go down and that contributed to desire to off themselves."


Not that I'm advocating that conspiratorial perspective, I'm just relaying what appeared to be an interesting point of view.

Well, he lived 300 meters from a train track. As a billionaire, he could have lived anywhere he wanted, so, he obviously wanted to live near trains.

Perhaps, he had a life long fascination with them and so chose a train to end his own life.

It is interesting to see what people decide makes life worth while. Perhaps money wasnt his ultimate motive, for those who are looking at what he had left and not understanding why someone with 9 billion would feel so upset about losing a couple billion. Perhaps winning was what drove him, and his money was just a side effect of his drive to always win. It could be that for him, the money was irrelevant, and that being cheated, tricked or defeated was the reason he felt he couldnt go on.

I read some of these replies and I'm ashamed to call some of you friends.



Yeah...way to go ATS.

"Q"

Poor bloke...

Bet he didn't even understand the concept of thirst, hunger or pain...

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Yes he left a letter.

Really it is not that he is rich that causes me to think that way it is when someone is doing it in a selfish way that causes me to be like that.

I had a family member who was my best friend at a young age end his life because he thought something else was more important than his family. Unless this man was in serious pain from a health issue and dying anyway sorry my remorse for him is weakened.

I never said I was right to feel that way but I do. I hold a degree of resentment for anyone who treats life with such an aloof way. He was 74 and had family that cared for him, his money was important to him he fell from 44 to 94 on the Forbes list as being the world’s richest. When things in this world become more important than family and friends you deserve little care or remorse in my book. As for the others I cannot explain why they feel the way they do I can only explain the way I feel, not that it really matters but hey I’m feeling open to sharing tonight.

Raist

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My younger brother killed himself, and I understand that many people who have lost loved ones to suicide are very angry at them, and at suicide in general.

I loved my brother though. And although what he did was thoughtless, (he did not consider the impact on those who loved him) it was not something I would condemn him for. Was it self centered? Yes. At that moment in his life, his own anguish and pain narrowed down his thinking in such a way that all he could see was his own anguish and pain. However he was not, never had been, a mean person. If he had known what he was going to do to us, to me, I know for a fact he would have chosen differently.

He was a good human being, who got lost in his own grief, disappointment, anguish, and lost the ability to think about others for a moment, which is all it takes to make a decision that cannot be undone. I choose to look at the whole of his life, and how it impacted me rather than focus solely on that one moment where he made a decision that caused me years of enormous pain.

I wish you luck getting over your own tragedy.

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I am sorry to hear about your brother.

I guess a part of me also sees what his grandchildren/great grandchildren might be feeling.
As for my own issue…
Well I was young 4-5 so I did not have a lot of impact by him (my grandfather). I remember the fun I had and the cool things we did together (I am 33). I had a lot of fun with him. Sadly though he though alcohol was more important than our fun together. His loss my tragedy…..

Regardless I also know the pain he caused the rest of the family as well now that I am older. I regret the fact he was selfish and I hold him accountable for all of the pain as it is his fault. I don’t think I will ever feel different about suicide for selfish reasons, but who knows age might prove me wrong.

I do though appreciate your kindness and your words.

Raist

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How is this an alternative news?

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