FrankM Wrote:
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> J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> > He had kids man. you can't do that and expect
> > sympathy. Rot in Hell Delp as your poor children
> > are fatherless.
>
> I'm sure if his kids ever read your garbage they
> will feel much better. Luckily God is the final
> judge of us all and not some unsympathetic pinhead
> like you.
so suicide is your answer? Talk about pinheads!

J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> FrankM Wrote:
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> > J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> > > He had kids man. you can't do that and expect
> > > sympathy. Rot in Hell Delp as your poor
> children
> > > are fatherless.
> >
> > I'm sure if his kids ever read your garbage
> they
> > will feel much better. Luckily God is the final
> > judge of us all and not some unsympathetic
> pinhead
> > like you.
> so suicide is your answer? Talk about pinheads!

Where did I say that suicide is the answer? Was merely pointing out that God is the final judge and knows more about what the man was going through than a cold hearted pinhead like you who is willing to condemn the man from afar.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-03-15 09:01 by FrankM.

Compassion = Deep awareness of the suffering of another along with the wish to relieve it.

Why is this discussion going on here anyway? It´s both tasteless and highly unnecessary.

There's an element of posters on this board who really need to grow up!

"Suicide is a sin where I come from(and illegal)" so frigging what.....

"and Boston REALLY was a Terrible band....the anti Stones"

The bloke had serious problems and died in a very unpleasant way so send your condolences if you feel the need and leave it at that.....

Well Said ablett

I know it's all about musical tastes...BUT to say Boston was a terrible band is to say that millions of people who bought their music have no taste. No, they weren't the Stones, but that applies to everyother band but one. My God, how can anyone who claimes to love soaring quitar work not enjoy the music of Boston. Most band's first recording efforts are rough and hit and miss. Boston's first lp sounded like a band doing their 4th or 5th lp...not their first. Boston was one of the greatest bands of the 70s and their music reached heights that very few in the music industry ever do. Just my opinion...

Brad's voice was all over the airwaves that summer of 1977....party music.....a very fun summer in my life....good memories.....

I don't own any Boston music, but there's still a special place in my heart for it.

"Suicide is a sin where I come from(and illegal)"

A sin maybe, I don't discuss religion, but how can it be illegal...
What do you do where you come from if someone commits suicide ???
Maybe put the corpse in jail for 10 years before burying it ?

[doctorstonesblog.blogspot.com]

Religious bambojambo and very undiginfied in respect to the guys memory.....

Doc -It's illegal as far as his estate is concerned. Various benefits such as life insurance become null and void in the event of suicide.

Goldsmith Wrote:
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> Doc -It's illegal as far as his estate is
> concerned. Various benefits such as life
> insurance become null and void in the event of
> suicide.


To me thius does not mean illegal, but now I understand.
In France, life insurance pays the capital, if the suicide happens more than 2 years after subscribing the insurance.
After 2 years it is considered that the suicide wasn't planned and that the subscription of the contract wasn't made in the perspective of commiting suicide.

[doctorstonesblog.blogspot.com]

SCL, My mind has alot of ideas passing through, some stay some leave but are always welcome to come back....

You gotta love the French thinking this through - Life Insurance and 2 years. That makes sense. Purchase your Insurance, do a 2 year grand tour of Europe, North Africa, Middle East, India, South East Asia and Japan. When you get back just go up the Eiffel Tower and let gravity and a homemade pair of wings do the rest.....

Yes, it's sad for his children, but clearly he was troubled and depressed, and felt that this was his only option. He was 55 years old. His kids are already grown up.

Would you rather him participate in some reckless behavior that could have injured or killed innocent people? Drinking or drugging and driving? Crashing your car intentionally like that director of The Hitcher? How about that indian pilot who crashed a commercial airplane full of people into the sea because suicide is a sin?

He was a beaultiful singer, and a stand-up guy, who contributed greatly to the lives of a lot of rock & roll fans over the years. He was a vegetarian who had great respect for all creatures and the environment. He treated his fans so well, that I have never heard the likes of from any successful musician.

He was unhappy, possibly severly emotionally troubled. He left notes for his family, and decided to end his life in a very painless, non-graphic way. And all people have to say was how wonderful a guy he was, and how much his music impacted the lives of so many.

Except for this board, of course . . .

Svartmer Wrote:
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> Why is this discussion going on here anyway? It´s
> both tasteless and highly unnecessary.

tourist?

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> Family: Delp's death was suicide
> By KATHARINE WEBSTER, Associated Press Writer
> Wed Mar 14, 5:40 PM ET
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> CONCORD, N.H. - The family of Brad Delp, the lead
> singer for the band Boston, said his death was a
> suicide.
>
> "He was a man who gave all he had to give to
> everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans
> or strangers," the family said in a statement
> relayed by police Wednesday. "He gave as long as
> he could, as best he could, and he was very tired.
> We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at
> last, at peace."
>
> Delp, 55, died Friday at his Atkinson home.
>
> Toxicology tests by the state medical examiner's
> office showed that Delp committed suicide by
> carbon monoxide poisoning, said Lt. William
> Baldwin. Police said Delp had sealed himself
> inside a bathroom with two charcoal grills
> sometime between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday
> afternoon, when he was found by fiancee Pamela
> Sullivan.


Here is a different version for what its worth:

Death of Boston Lead Singer Ruled a Suicide
Brad Delp Was Killed by Carbon Monoxide Poison
AOL Wire Services
BOSTON (March 15) - The recent death of Brad Delp, lead singer of the rock band Boston, has been ruled a suicide, police in New Hampshire said on Wednesday.

Delp, 55, was killed by carbon monoxide piped through a tube from a vehicle's exhaust pipe into a bathroom where he was found dead on March 9, said Lt. William Baldwin of the police in Atkinson, a southern New Hampshire town where Delp lived.

Interesting this is that Tom Scholtz is so anticoporate, and Boston were maybe the first Corporate Rock band. Whether you like 'em or not, the guy had a really good voice. And, my wife told him that she lost her virginity to More Than A Feeling.

Regardless of whether or not you loved Boston, the man must have experienced the absolute depths of despair and for that, I feel bad for him. To actually believe that you have no other alternative to stop the pain, that has to be horrific. And to those idiots who can't muster one iota of compassion, you'd better hope that you never experience what Brad did. Bad Karma is rewarded with more BAD KARMA!

terraplane Wrote:
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> Compassion = Deep awareness of the suffering of
> another along with the wish to relieve it.

very nice thought
sounds almost like Ghandi

spikey Wrote:
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> Interesting this is that Tom Scholtz is so
> anticoporate, and Boston were maybe the first
> Corporate Rock band. Whether you like 'em or not,
> the guy had a really good voice. And, my wife
> told him that she lost her virginity to More Than
> A Feeling.

oh sh*t spikey......I didn't know she was your wife!!!

done



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-03-16 04:47 by open-g.

Deepest sympathy and prayers to both the Delp and Boston families.

Some on here seem to have no compassion or taste.

Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> Some on here seem to have no compassion or taste.

hey, don't leave me out. I have no compassion AND I have no taste.

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> > Some on here seem to have no compassion or
> taste.
>
> hey, don't leave me out. I have no compassion AND
> I have no taste.


Amen Brother

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

.....



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-03-16 02:27 by Lukester.

Debra Wrote:
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> Regardless of whether or not you loved Boston, the
> man must have experienced the absolute depths of
> despair and for that, I feel bad for him. To
> actually believe that you have no other
> alternative to stop the pain, that has to be
> horrific. And to those idiots who can't muster one
> iota of compassion, you'd better hope that you
> never experience what Brad did. Bad Karma is
> rewarded with more BAD KARMA!

Ditto!

Altho one side of me appreciates the tastless/honest part of this thread, too. If you're determined you gotta go (and please don't, google your local suicide hotline, for @#$%&'s sake - unless you're too old/invalid ... in that case, hmmm....), do what Hunter Thompson did [en.wikipedia.org] ... gun in mouth, no flinching, no room for error, no ending up in a vegitative state. If a thing is worth doing, it's damn sure worth doing well.

My post was aimed at the unsympathetic, not the humorous.

Given the right time/place, I can be as tasteless as the next guy (and enjoy it).



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How sad......

Delp's suicide note: I am a lonely soul
By Katharine Webster, Associated Press Writer
March 15, 2007

ATKINSON, N.H. --Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston who killed himself last week, left behind a note in which he called himself "a lonely soul," according to police reports released Thursday.

Toxicology tests by the state medical examiner's office showed that Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Police said Delp had sealed himself inside a bathroom with two charcoal grills sometime between 11:30 p.m. March 8 and the next afternoon, when he was found by fiancee Pamela Sullivan.

Sullivan told police that Delp "had been depressed for some time, feeling emotional (and) bad about himself," according to the reports.

He was found on the floor of the bathroom, his head on a pillow and a note paper-clipped to the neck of his shirt.

"Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," it read.

Sullivan called police after noticing a dryer vent tube connected to the exhaust pipe of Delp's car. In the garage, police found a note taped to the door leading into the house.

"To whoever finds this I have hopefully committed suicide. Plan B was to asphyxiate myself in my car."

In a third note on a door at the top of the stairs, Delp cautioned that there was carbon monoxide inside.

"I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation. I have lost my desire to live," he wrote. The note also included instructions on how to contact his fiancee. There was a picture of Delp and Sullivan in the bathroom.

"Unfortunately she is totally unaware of what I have done," the note said.

The notes also said the couple's cat, Floppy, should be in a room that was safe from the deadly gas and asked that someone find her and make sure she was all right.

Police later found four sealed letters in an office addressed to Sullivan, his children, their mother, Micki Delp, and another couple whose identity was not disclosed. Police Lt. William Baldwin said police gave the letters to family members without reading them.

Outside the bathroom, police found a carbon monoxide detector with the battery removed.

Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits, "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time."

He had planned to marry Sullivan this summer during a break in a tour with Boston. A lifelong Beatles fan, Delp also played with the tribute band Beatle Juice.

Delp was cremated Wednesday, police said. A private funeral was held earlier this week.


[www.boston.com]



The Sicilian Wrote:
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> Here is a different version for what its worth:
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> Death of Boston Lead Singer Ruled a Suicide
> Brad Delp Was Killed by Carbon Monoxide Poison
> AOL Wire Services
> BOSTON (March 15) - The recent death of Brad Delp,
> lead singer of the rock band Boston, has been
> ruled a suicide, police in New Hampshire said on
> Wednesday.
>
> Delp, 55, was killed by carbon monoxide piped
> through a tube from a vehicle's exhaust pipe into
> a bathroom where he was found dead on March 9,
> said Lt. William Baldwin of the police in
> Atkinson, a southern New Hampshire town where Delp
> lived.

Fond memories of listening to Boston while growing up........

RIP Brad Delph

Condolences to the family..........