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Don Cornelius' last moments... Don Cornelius was in an extreme amount of pain in the days before his death ... and minutes before he shot himself, Don phoned his son and told him, "I don't know how long I can take this" ... this according to the autopsy report obtained by TMZ.According to the report, the "Soul Train" legend had been experiencing seizures as a result of an aneurysm he suffered 15 years ago. But Don's health took a dramatic turn for the worse in the last 6 months of his life ... and he became "very depressed about his failing health."Don called his son at 3:00 AM on February 1 ... and warned his son, "I don't know how long I can take this." Don's son told him he'd rush right over ... and Don said he'd leave the back door open. When Don's son arrived to Cornelius' Los Angeles home, he detected an odor of smoke and saw Don seated in a chair with a pistol in his right hand. Don's son called 911 ... and paramedics treated the 75-year-old for a bullet wound to his right temple. He was transported to a nearby hospital ... where he was pronounced dead a short time later. Don's son told cops he had no idea his father even owned a gun. [Edited 4/25/12 21:28pm] | |
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Oh my god. | |
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so sad | |
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Kinda wish I didn't know....that's terribly sad. | |
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It's very sad
Regardless of how he took his own life, I know a lot of people don't want to end up in a situation where they have no quality of life before they die. As was mentioned in another thread, it's really important to plan for these contingencies, even though ideally everyone hopes they live to be 100 years old, happy, and die suddenly in their sleep. The reality is that a lot of people will have the same issues my father and Don Cornelius had, and it's important for a trusted family member have a durable power of attorney to handle end-of-life decisions.
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but not that uncommon among sick and dying people for them to be severely depressed and suicidal towards the end of their lives. When my father got very sick with amilydosis, which is a rare autoimmune disease in which the cells of your body become bloated and waxy and cut off circulation to the blood vessels, he began losing his basic motor functions and was confined to a wheelchair during the last three months of his life. He also began losing his ability to smell and taste food, and he wanted to end it all several times. I remmeber just a few days before he died, he sort of miraculously was able to walk around the house again, and he loved to cook, so he made a huge deluxe dinner for my family. Since I was only 11 years old at the time, I thought that maybe he was finally beating his disease, but it turned out he was just making his final amends before leaving me and my family forever. 
So sad...we really didn't need to know. Nothing is secret/private any more | |
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728huey said:
It's very sad
Regardless of how he took his own life, I know a lot of people don't want to end up in a situation where they have no quality of life before they die. As was mentioned in another thread, it's really important to plan for these contingencies, even though ideally everyone hopes they live to be 100 years old, happy, and die suddenly in their sleep. The reality is that a lot of people will have the same issues my father and Don Cornelius had, and it's important for a trusted family member have a durable power of attorney to handle end-of-life decisions.
Sorry dude. :( End of life planning IS very important and need not be riddled with hasty decisions and stigmas. | |
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Just sad. | |
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