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hedda_foil

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7. He left a note.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Jan 4, 2021, 07:00 PM

Jan 2021

“He left us this farewell note on New Year’s Eve day: ‘Please forgive me. My illness won today. Please look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. All my love, Tommy.’”

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Statement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy Raskin [View all] elleng Jan 2021 OP

Such heartbreak. So sad for what they must be going thru. flying_wahini Jan 2021 #1

So very, very sad. Sounds like suicide, which must be unbearably painful for his parents. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #2

UTTERLY unbearable, elleng Jan 2021 #5

Tears for them and him falling here 5000 miles away. mahina Jan 2021 #3

I am so sorry for the loss of this young man Gothmog Jan 2021 #4

I know what the family is going through. It's a wound that never fully heals. Siwsan Jan 2021 #6

He left a note. hedda_foil Jan 2021 #7

+1 LizBeth Jan 2021 #9

I can't imagine living in fear that my child might destroy himself. I can't imagine being someone in Karadeniz Jan 2021 #8

That made me think of It's A Wonderful Life. BigmanPigman Jan 2021 #10

We really do! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #11