The body of Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig, who had been missing since Feb. Read the full post.
Feb 25
2010
07:25 PM ET
'Growing Pains' star Andrew Koenig committed suicide, father says
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I feel truly sorry for Andrew that the disease had overtaken him so much that he could see no other way out. And now Marie Osmond’s son too. Maybe out of these death’s will come an increased awareness of clinical depression and bi-polar disease. There is NO cure and meds are just not working. One of my best friends is in the hospital now because she just tried to commit suicide. And I’ve had issues with suicidal thoughts – and one attempt – myself. Pray for the families…and for anyone you know who suffers from depression of any kind.
very very sad indeed. sometimes the depressed don’t know how to reach out for help and for this I am truly truly sad. I pray one day there will be help for all levels of depressed.RIP Andrew.
man i loved the boner
How sad and inconsiderate people could be give repect to the families and hope someday a tragedy dnt happen in their families prayers go out to the families
I’ve been that depressed.
No fault of mine, or likely his. Brain chemistry is a delicate thing.
Suicide is like taking too much pain medicine.. to get rid of the pain whether it kills us or not… Can you imagine a migrain that WILL NOT STOP! Torture that WILL NOT STOP… week after week, minute by minute. You just have to do SOMETHING to make it stop. Nothing works, so you take the risk.
You are insane from unending pain and the risk is finally worth it to get rid of it SOMEHOW.
Anyway, don’t be mad at him. It’s an illness, and this is how it often ends. terminally.
A little social kindness goes a long way for those like us… even if you don’t get it.
See the movie “A Beautiful Mind” to get the jist, without really experiencing the horror.
omgosh do you hear yourself people someone was sad and depressed and the only thing that is coming out of you guys mouth is nothing but hate when he had family who loved him care for him and all this disrespect is terrible i am sad to see what kinda world we live in where we mock and talk ill of the dead i for one feel sorry for him and i am pro life never would take my own life but still lets have a little respect for his family and if you can not say anything nice why bother to say anything at all and last but lest if he was a nobody why click on this and say all this crap about he was a nobody he was ugly does that really matter now just be nice people i know you have it in there he was somebodys son somebodys loved one so please be nice!
Im retreading some of the earliest comments and am appalled at the hated remarks that have come out of some people. Have they no compassion whatsoever?
I retract that…the hate can be seen in even the latest comments. For more info on mental illness…check out my facebook page…the fight against mental illness. And maybe we can stop laying blame where it doesn’t belong.
Hey, Cameron! Where were you when your buddy was suffering? That whole faith in god bit doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t help out those you know. That includes those who don’t convert to your brand of fundamentalism.
Poor Dude:(
I hope he is in a better place and free from all the pain he held.I too suffer from depression and have been at the point of ending it all.I got help and it worked.I wish it would have worked for him as well:(
R.I.P Andrew
Be respectful of the dead. It doesn’t matter if you knew of this man, liked him as an actor, or do not care about him at all. He was someone’s son and those parents are grieving right now. I will never understand a person’s negativity over the death of anyone, no matter who they are. The loss of a life is a sad thing no matter how someone died or who they are. It isn’t funny. Rest in peace, Andrew.