This is so sad! Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. People who contemplate and attempt suicide are frequently unable to think logically. Anyone who calls them "selfish" sounds like the type of person who'd also tell them to "just snap out of it". And if they COULD, they probably would. But it's not that simple. Clinical depression often is caused by hormonal imbalance, and that's a MEDICAL problem, not an attitude problem. Some empathy, please!
The Tulsa, Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said that Lambert (pictured in 1999) died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. Toxicology tests are pending. Though the office had no more information at this time, the National Enquirer alleges Lambert suffered depression surrounding the anniversary of his mother's death and descended into a drug binge prior to his suicide.
"It's a shame that such a talented human being would do this with his life," his grandmother Joni Richardson tells PEOPLE. "He had all the opportunities in the world and we just can't understand it."
In reports from a not-yet-online National Enquirer piece, Lambert's grandmother said, "Tyler wanted to be with his mother. His father Lanny (Lambert, Plato's ex-husband) is devastated."
Dana Plato committed suicide with prescription pills on May 8, 1999. She was 36 years old. In 2006, a 21-year-old Lambert filed a $20,000 wrongful death lawsuit against Plato's former fiance, claiming he contributed to Plato's death by "not giving immediate medical assistance or contacting medical personnel," according to court documents.
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That is so sad. Hopefully they'll find peace & comfort together now.
What happened to case? Seems he needed to blame someone.
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