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Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) [2] was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker (later married to Jack Kerouac).
William Bradford Bishop Jr. (born August 1, 1936) is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has been a fugitive from justice since killing his wife, mother, and three sons in 1976. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On April 10, 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) placed him on the list of its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives . [ 4 ]
A number of heads of state and heads of government have taken their own lives, either while in office or after leaving office. National leaders who take their own lives while in office generally do so because their leadership is somehow threatened – for instance, by a coup or an invading army. Some have done so under compulsion
Warning: This story involves extensive discussion of suicide. When a writer took her own life on March 8, 2020, at age 39, her husband tweeted into the void: “My partner Molly Brodak passed away ...
Henry Brougham, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1836–1927), British noble and civil servant; Henry Brougham (sportsman) (1888–1923), British racquets, rugby and cricket player; Henry Brougham (priest) (died 1913), Dean of Lismore; Henry Brougham (fictional character), character in the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
[2] [3] Riggs was a licensed practical nurse, and she planned to kill the children with injections of drugs she obtained from her hospital. When she injected her son with potassium chloride , it caused pain but not death, so she smothered both children to death, then attempted suicide .
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).