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Off Topic => Holodeck => Topic started by: Sirgod on March 11, 2007, 09:47:31 pm
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http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Entertainment-News/Article/Default.aspx?idx=510393
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stand-up comedian and actor Richard Jeni, a regular on NBC's "The Tonight Show," has died in an apparent suicide, police said on Sunday.
Los Angeles police spokeswoman Norma Eisenman said a woman called police on Saturday morning from the West Hollywood area and said: "My boyfriend just shot himself in the face."
Jeni, 45, was found alive and taken to hospital but was pronounced dead about an hour later, Eisenman said.
Jeni appeared in movies including as "The Mask" and in the TV show "Everybody Hates Chris," and was named in 2004 in the Comedy Central list of 100 great stand-up comedians.
He was a regular guest on "The Tonight Show" when Johnny Carson hosted the late-night talk and variety show and also after Jay Leno took over as host in 1992.
Born in Brooklyn, he also appeared in the HBO Comedy Hour and wrote material for the 2005 Academy Awards show.
Authorities have scheduled an autopsy for Monday to determine the exact cause of death.
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I always liked his William Shatner Impressions.
Stephen
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I know all too well that path.
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Okay, it's been a few days since this went up so maybe I can get away with a little crass humor now...how can a successful suicide be an 'attempt' like in the title of the thread? The guy succeeded! I mean, you murder someone, you get charged with murder. You try and fail to kill someone you get charged with attempted murder...so wouldn't attempted suicide be failed suicide and successful just 'suicide'?
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With the humor part being over...suicide is never easy to deal with, especially like this one appears to have been done. I've lost friends and loved ones this way and I wish the best for those who loved Jeni.
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I think they call it attempted when the death isn't successfully carried out right there, especially if the person changes his mind after his survival.
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Not to be callous, but I had the same thoughts as judge. It seems that if he died, he didn't just attempt at killing himself (definition of suicide) but actually suceeded.
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This is sad. Very sad. He was a very funny comedian and good actor. I remember his tv show, Platypus Man, back when the UPN network first started. Really bites.
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See the way I read it, was that the police hadn't came all out and said it was a suicide, but it was leaning that way, as apposed to a murder.
Stephen