Comments on: A life ended too soon

By: Sunney

Sunney — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:32:01 +0000

I have not known Garth. I did have the pleasure of meeting his boys. We have been so touched by the passing or the way in which Garth chose to leave…
I have had an enormous amount of feeling with him since the news came, his family and still do..And Shelagh, I agree with you so wholeheartedly…Thank you for not judging and describing the situation so eloquently

By: Shelagh

Shelagh — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:48:47 +0000

I suspect that suicide is not a choice. It is a belief (a knowing?) that there is no choice; a decision made in such terrible darkness that one who’d never been there would not be able to comprehend. This is the depth into which depression can take you. Yes, my heart goes out to his children and family – what a shocking loss and burden – but it also goes out to anyone living in that secret hell.

By: Stanford Flanagan

Stanford Flanagan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:51:18 +0000

It is unfortunate that a person so gifted would see suicide as a way out of whatever he was struggling with. All of us, and the powers that be., who are left behind are allowing suicides and family murders to continue without doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about it. What is it that makes individuals think it is an easy way out. Loved ones left behind have to pick up the pieces, and sometimes this just leads to more suicides. If there is anyone out there contemplating suicide, or consider taking the lives of their partners and children, think again it does not solve the problem, it actually worsens it. I implore you to face the problem head on. Speak to a friend a colleague, or a family member, but deal with it. Our world is the worse, for losing people who could have added value to society. May God protect his sons, and wife,or partner.

By: David J Smith

David J Smith — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:20:22 +0000

Shit, what horrible news. Garth was one of the good dudes. We went to school together. And even though he was a few years ahead of me and I didn’t know him that well, I do remember him well. In fact, I remember him better than I remember most of the boys who were in my actual class. He was a smart dude. Whenever you were around him, you felt that he knew stuff you didn’t.

I wish I had the privilege of knowing him better, so I coulda learnt more of that stuff from him.

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By: Carol Campbell

Carol Campbell — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Hi Ryland,

That was a beautiful tribute. He was such a sensitive soul – it can only be deep and, more than likely, untreated depression that caused him to get to the point of taking his own life.
Over the years I have grappled with mental health issues in my immediate family and it doesn’t ever make sense. I feel for his boys – exactly the same ages as my two.
Hope you are well.
Fond regards
Carol Campbell

By: CoCo

CoCo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:42:04 +0000

It puzzels me reading the articles about him and a few others that are said to have taken their lives, that people refer to them as happy, bubbly people. Surely if that was the case then they wouldnt have taken their own lives. I have had a suicide in my family and yes it was the same thign. Happy and bubbly but you could see the struggle with depression in her eyes. Until she finally hanged herself. What we felt more than anything was anger. At our selves and at her for leaving us with only memories. Let’s refrain from using those terms when it comes to suicides and let’s call it as it is. My sympathy to Garth’s children! They dont deserve to have to go through this for the rest of their lives.