More on HST's suicide

I was watching IMUS in the morning (msnbc) and although they ridiculed HST for his suicide (they ridicule everyone) today was different. Turns out, HST's wife called him and he wanted to know when she would be home to help him with his ESPN column. She says he put the receiver down, she heard a clicking noise and then he didn't respond. His son found him in his favorite chair, with a glass of Chevas Regal next to him, and the phone receiver lying on its side. Imus said he has new respect for HST, and that every married man must have had the impulse at some time while talking to his wife on the phone to shoot himself in the head. Well, the IMUS crew all laughed at that. I watch IMUS because he is so obnoxious, but I was bothered by that. HST was manic depressive, his family knew that, and coping with his mood swings must have been hard. HST was talking about suicide for months, and that caused a great deal of stress on his family (his son, daughter in law, grandson as well as his wife lived with him). Turns out, one of his idols was Hemingway, and he talked about Hemingway's suicide. He also talked about his legacy, including what he wanted done with his body when he died: he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes blasted out of a cannon on his Woody Creek farm. In fact, on the day of the recent Super Bowl, Pitkin County deputies raided his farm to confiscate a large cache of gunpowder. His wife says they will honor his request, and they have plans to load his remains in a cannon and blast him over the farm with black powder! I feel bad for HST's family: sounds like he was surrounded by a lot of people who loved him. The Dever Post has the best coverage of his death.