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Some of the earliest calls for changing how we talk about suicide began in the mid-2000s, with authors whose own lives had been affected by the suicides of loved ones. P. Bonny Ball’s 2005 book ...
After having produced two interior paintings of a café (Das Kaffeehaus (1915/1916) and Café (1916)), the painter then created The Love Sick simultaneously and in a direct link with Suicide (Tate Gallery, London), where he also depicts himself, dead from a gunshot. The two works have the same dimension (99.7 × 76.5 cm) and are a sort of pendant.
It is common to depict suicide in literature. Suicide , the act of deliberately killing oneself, is a prominent action in many important works of literature. Authors use the suicide of a character to portray defiance, despair, love, or honor.
Cleopatra is believed to have committed suicide by letting a venomous snake bite her. "Here thou art, then!" [11]: 36–37 ("Τόσο εδώ!") — Cleopatra, pharaoh of Egypt (12 August 30 BCE), right before she reportedly committed suicide by letting an asp bite her "Extremely well, and as became the descendant of so many kings." [15]: 106
Kermit (suicide) To commit suicide, usually via falling from a great height Humorous: Originated from a remixed video of Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street and a Kermit the Frog doll falling off a building. [15] Kick the bucket [2] To die Informal In suicidal hanging. [16] Also 'kick off' . [1] Kick the calendar To die Slang, informal Polish ...
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people ages 10-24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and suicide rates for that age group increased more than 50% from ...
— Scott Bowerbank, American helicopter pilot for television station KTVK (27 July 2007), describing police pursuit before Phoenix news helicopter collision killed all four people aboard both helicopters. "Don't kill me." [10] — Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (2 August 2007), to his murderer, Devaughndre Brousard "You be good, I love you.
Himmler's corpse after his suicide by cyanide poisoning, May 1945 "I am Heinrich Himmler." [234] — Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi officer (23 May 1945), last words said during his suicide shortly after bitting into a hidden potassium cyanide pill before collapsing dead onto the floor of the headquarters of the Second British Army in Lüneburg.