Sasha told you yesterday about the unfortunate passing of Marie Osmond’s son, but today we have more details on his suicide. Michael Blosil, moments before his death, told a girlfriend whom he went to fashion school with that there was a suicide note at his place. By the time the friend arrived to Michael’s apartment, he’d already thrown himself from his 15-story window unbeknownst to any of his roommates. In the note, Michael told his friend that she was the only person he felt close to in LA and that his unhappiness had taken over.
Then the police arrived, who had been called by a neighbor who spotted Michael’s body. As of right now, it’s unknown wether or not drugs or alcohol played a role in his death. The autopsy is taking place today, so we may have more details about that soon.
It’s obvious that this death was completely preventable, but whatever Michael was dealing with, taking his own life was not the best option. If you ever find yourself in a similar position, do not hesitate to get help. #mce_temp_url#
*whether ;)
It amazes me that a writer makes such sloppy mistakes. There’s no need of it with spellcheck.
Well, actually, “spell” and “check” are two separate words. If you don’t believe me, try Googling “spellcheck” and see what comes up.
I don’t write for a living. ;)
technically “wether” wouldn’t get caught by spell check as “wether” is a castrated male goat.
what it comes down to is poor proof reading.
His room mates were interviewed and they told the police that he had been sober, that came out last night. It’s bad enough he through himself out a window but he didn’t die from drugs or alcohol he died from depression.
From the way that the last paragraph of the article was written, I clicked on the link at the end of the story (out of curiosity) thinking it would be a page for a suicide hotline or something. It’s a link to essentially the same story at People.com ? What’s up with that?
It’s because they have no idea wtf they are doing anymore on this site. Seriously I just come on here to see how badly the site is. Yeah, I know it just adds to the revenue of the site, but when is Sasha going to listen and get better writers? I mean, how about linking to a suicidal prevention link, or something relevant to what has happened here.
Please don’t stop reading here or commenting, Anonymous. You are the best thing about this site. Sometimes I’ve even wondered if you are actually Beet.
Trust me, I am NOT Beet, if I was I would fire Molls for her moronic posts and get rid of all the ads that take over this site. What the hell was Beet on when she decided to pick Molls as a writer for this site? And where the hell did Beet go? I think she knows that this site sucks ass now and she just decided to let it go down the drain.
although I COMPLETELY agree with this Anonymous, you talk as though there is only one of them when from what I see 75% of commentators are anonymous & I doubt they are ll the same person.
You don’t understand how this whole internets thing works pea.
umm so you are telling me there can only be one anonymous poster in a blog commentary?
no, here’s #2
Get it now, pea?(brain)
This is sad.I wonder if his Mormon religion prevented him from getting the treatment of a psyhciatrist and the medication for it.My niece is Bi-Polar and was talked out of takeing her meds by the born again brain washing cult she was involved with.Than god she came to her senses and left them before she killed herself.
Bad grammar aside – the most glaring statement Miss Molls said (and I have never bashed her – it’s a blog site – none of us are William Safire) – is the statement that it was preventable. As the wonderful writer David Foster Wallace wrote, in one of his amazing pieces (‘A Supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again’) – people who commit suicide are really just cleaning up after themselves (I’m paraphrasing here) – they are already gone. I think that someone who is that despondent might try it again and again (my mother tried it 5 times before she got it right).
Oh, and David Foster Wallace killed himself in the hour that his wife had gone out to get something – she knew he was suffering from depression and she tried to save him but she had to go out…. There are some things that are unknowable.
There are a lot of assumptions made in the posts on this site. I think it’s due to the age of the writers. Younger people tend to be more passionate about things, but that’s partly due to the fact that they haven’t learned that what they are “certain” about is not always, or maybe never, true. People are more different from each other (and less predictable) than they seem. Assuming that one knows how someone else feels or what is going on in their life without asking them (or even after asking them) is part of the arrogance of youth.
Of course, some people never grow up.
PEOPLE…TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN AND TO CARE. THERE IS OR WILL
BE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE….YOU MAY KNOW THEM…YOU MAY NOT…
BUT LEND A EAR AND A HEART…..IT MAY SAVE A LIFE. EVERY LIFE IS
PRECIOUS. GOD…PLEASE BLESS THIS FAMILY.
As someone who has lost a loved one I am DISGUSTED with this article. Molls you are a piece of shit. Preventable?!? Who the fk are you. I’m done. Dlisted is so much better.
dlisted is the best…. it’s funny you mention is b/c there are times I’ll see three stories on there & come here and see the exact same ones in the exact same order, penned by guess who…. molls. I really can’t tell if she truly is that ignorant or she types these things just to get comments. Either way, it’s lame.
Sasha how are you not realizing how your beloved site is going down thw tubes? You have every posters email address. You should send a mass apology email-how dare she say this was preventable??
It’s “obvious” that this was “completely preventable”?? It must be nice to have such omnipotent views of things that happen to other people, Molls. Anyone who works in crisis, or works with severely depressed individuals, or has lost a loved one to suicide despite pulling out all the stops, can tell you that suicide is often anything BUT preventable. If you are not educated about something, don’t pull statements out of your ass, you end up sounding like an even bigger idiot than usual. Some people commit suicide after YEARS of intervention efforts and outreach from family and friends. But congratulations, at least by focusing on your proud display of ignorance I was able to ignore the crappy post and token spelling error for once. So kudos for that, I guess.
Well said annonymous-couldnt have said it better myself.
You are aware, Sophie/Jen/Lee that no matter what name you use, we all know youre the same person? Your avatar doesn’t change with your name.
Whit;
You are brilliant. Gosh, where have you been? Hang around here much?
Shoo. While you’re away, please learn how to use a semicolon.
same with Anonymous & Senior Loco up top.
I think Molls needs to find another job. Suicide is not “obviously totally preventable.” It is not like preventing the flu by getting a vaccine. Don’t you think if Maire or Brian’s girlfriend would have prevented him from killing himself?? Why not give us some suggestion on how all suicide can be easily prevented in the future.
I completely disagree from many of the outraged commenters. I agree with Molls that suicide is preventable. I think that the right type of help can stop anyone from doing that to themselves. It’s just that the right type of help wasn’t available to Michael and to the other recent people who have done this.
His note says that that girl friend was the only one who he felt close to in LA. Hence, if he had felt close to other people in LA, this would not have happened aka preventable. People, especially family members, who claim to “love” a depressed family member often do it in the most selfish way. They don’t even realize it, but they love that person in the way that best fits them, not in the way that the struggling person needs. It’s like what happens with couples all the time. For example a woman notices her man stressed out at work and wants to help, so she puts inspirational notes in his lunch when she packs it. However, he hates those notes and they don’t do squat to make his life better or more stress-free. What he really wants is some good love-making to help him de-stress at the end of the day and sleep better. The woman thinks that she’s doing such a great job and “loving” him but in fact she’s just being selfish and not taking the time to think about what really matters to him. Same thing happens when you get a diet book from someone in your family for Christmas when you’ve hinted that you want some cool piece of art. They think that they’re “loving” you and it makes them feel all good inside that they’re giving you a present that they think is so great. In reality they’re not giving you what you really need and are subconsciously being really selfish.
No one gave Michael what he really needed and that’s why he’s dead today. Whether it be a parent who wasn’t Mormon and could relate to him better, a friend with spare time to listen and chat with him (not in a charitable sort of way but genuinely interested and wanting to talk to Michael and have fun with him)…This is preventable. It’s just that there are virtually no people out there who actually provide that sort of right help.
The only way to make sure you “prevent” someone from killing themself is to lock them in a padded room under constant observation until they no longer ever consider committing suicide or die of natural causes. However, we have things called “civil rights” that won’t let that kind of “help” happen.
Wow your rude comment was ideal in proving my point. Have some compassion and love.