{"product_id":"2940149410675","title":"Suicide","description":"Suicide\u003cbr\u003eThe Final Curtain in the World of the Famous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePeg Entwistle 1908 –1932\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolf 1882 – 1941\u003cbr\u003eErnest Hemingway 1899 – 1961\u003cbr\u003eTony Hancock 1924 – 1968\u003cbr\u003ePaul Williams 1939 – 1973\u003cbr\u003eNick Drake 1948 – 1974\u003cbr\u003eFreddie Prinze 1954 – 1977 \u003cbr\u003eIan Curtis 1956 – 1980\u003cbr\u003eThe Von Erich Family 1960 – 1993\u003cbr\u003eKurt Cobain 1967 – 1994\u003cbr\u003eMichael Hutchence 1960 – 1997\u003cbr\u003eJustin Fashanu 1961 – 1998\u003cbr\u003eTony Scott 1944 – 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the UK charity, Samaritans, across the UK and Ireland there is, on average, one suicide every 85 minutes; and men are three times more likely to take their own lives than women. Reports suggest that suicides now account for more deaths than road traffic accidents. In the last 45 years suicide rates have increased by 60 per cent worldwide, totalling 1 million people dying each year across the globe as a result. \u003cbr\u003eSuicide is an uncomfortable, taboo subject and, for the non-suicidal among us, it is practically impossible to understand how a fellow human could ignore the basic survival instinct that is within each one of us. There is no pattern as to why people feel the need to take, or attempt to take, their own lives – each case is extremely complex and individual. \u003cbr\u003eThroughout history people from all walks of life have been affected by this tragic mental state, and sadly, many have succeeded in committing suicide before they received support that may have helped them turn a corner. \u003cbr\u003eOn the flip side there is another, equally controversial type of suicide; sometimes an individual, who is mentally sound, wishes for the right to die in order to relieve suffering from a long-term, critical illness that is either painful or gives them no ‘quality’ of life. This is something that governments around the globe cannot agree on. Some people say that assisted suicide should be a humane choice available for people in severe pain with no perceived ‘quality’ of life; but others feel that murder is murder and that we should not take another person’s life, even if it is their wish.\u003cbr\u003eThis book looks at writers, artists, musicians, sportspersons and stars of stage and screen who decided that suicide was their only option. It explores the events that caused these individuals to feel that their lives were no longer worth living.","brand":"RW Press Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101192306928,"sku":"2940149410675","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149410675_p0.jpg?v=1763716987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149410675","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}